Historical Fiction in "The Road to Memphis"
Historical Fiction in "The Road to Memphis"
This historical fiction novel from would never have the amount of schooling that could prepare Cassie for the violent events that took place. As the Logan family living in Mississippi is up for another adventure, Cassie Logan is experiencing new things. This book is not about the problems of the Logan family but the Tanners. Their boy by the name of Moe attacks his tormentors, Troy, Statler, and Leon. Moe gets upset when they make fun of him, by rubbing his head for good luck. Moe hit all three of them with a crowbar and ran.
The 17-year-old Cassie is dreaming of going off to school in Jackson, Mississippi, with her older brother Stacey Logan who works up there. As The Logan family of Christopher-John, Little Man, Cassie, and others went on their wagon to go pick up Stacey at the bus station, they saw Harris. He tuned up Stacey’s car because he was a wiz at cars but at nothing else but he was very good friend to have. After that Harris was standing by the local store getting tormented by Troy, Statler, and Leon. Jeremy, a cousin of Statler liked the whole African American community as well as the white community and their people. He usually kept his cousins of the peoples back that they were fooling around with.
As they waited for the bus, Harris went inside the store to see why the bus was late and get some shells for the big ‘coon hunt. Stacey did not come on the bus. Instead he, Moe, and Little Willie are good friends of the community drove up in Stacey’s car that he had just bought this morning and gave Cassie, Christopher-John, Little Man, and Harris a ride back to their houses. When they drove Harris back his sister Sissy came out and yelled at Harris for sneaking of the plantation without permission. Stacey said his “hi” to everybody and went on to meet the other people that he knew.
Once they got home, their Mama and Big Ma came out to meet Stacey. After the greetings were done everyone but Mama and Big MA washed the car. After a while their father got home and they took the car for a drive around the property. Then Jeremy came over and asked for a ride and Stacey said yes. They went to...