Boston: McDougall Littell (Houghton Mifflin), (1997.). Hardcover - A young adult book that traces five lives from five generations of a black family who have farmed the same field on a South Carolina island, though the book's setting ranges from North in 1864 to Depression Chicago, to the island in 1994. Also includes excerpts and short pieces on slavery, Satchel Paige, home, and family by such authors as Julius Lester, Ray Bradbury, Gwendolyn Brooks, Mari Evans and more. A title in the Literature Connection series, designed to be used in schools. 356 pp. ISBN: 0-395-783747.