Genre: Multicultural novel
This is a great example of a multicultural novel because it talks about the really hard and tough subject to hear about...segregation and racism. There was very much two different cultures in this book creating a great multicultural environment. ( )

Summary: This is a book about the life of an African American family during the 1930s who are fighting to keep their land and their pride while the white people of the south are taking every opportunity to keep them from their dreams.

Genre: Multicultural Literature - This is a good example of multicultural literature because it is giving us a different perspective than what we are used to. It is showing us a different culture, and a lot of aspects of that culture. It is a book that we can learn a lot from and understand why some things are the way they are. The book is also written in a different way, we can see what it is really like to be living there by the way the story is written and that makes it interesting. We can also learn a lot from this book.

Character: Stacey who is one of the main characters does a lot of growing in this book. He starts to become a man physically and mentally, and that is really cool to see throughout the book. I do not think that he is the protagonist of the book but I do think he is one of the main supporting characters and he is very round and very well developed from beginning to end.

Art Media: None

Style: I think there were many different styles of literature used in this book, those include simile, metaphor, and hyperbole. They all helped to describe things within the story and make it more interesting for the reader to read. It helped to make the reader want to continue to read and find out more. The styles were also used that way because that is how they spoke and explained things in their culture. ( )

Age Appropriateness: intermediate ( )

This book is about a family's struggle to keep their land during a time period when all odds are against them. ( )