The Gold Cadillac
Tension builds as an affluent Black family drives in their brand-new 1950 car south from their home in Ohio to Mississippi to visit relatives. With relatively few words, Taylor manages to create a vivid sense of time and place, and she shows through a child's eyes the horror of institutionalized racism. ©1987 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Michael Hays
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 8-11
Age Range:
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13)
Format:
Novel
Subjects:
20th Century
African Americans
Families
Historical Fiction
Racism
Travel
U.S. History
Diversity subject:
Black/African
Publisher:
Dial
Publish Year: 1987
Pages: 48
ISBN: 0803703430
CCBC Location: Fiction, Taylor