Gold Cadillac [Turtleback]

Mildred D. Taylor (Author)

Product Details

• Turtleback
• Publisher: Demco Media (May 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 060612313X
• ISBN-13: 978-0606123136
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The segregated South through the eyes of a child, October 31, 2001

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Michael J. Mazza - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gold Cadillac (Paperback)

"The Gold Cadillac," by Mildred D. Taylor, is one of a series of works of fiction in which the author explores African-American history. Like her other books, "The Gold Cadillac" is told from the perspective of a young person and is suitable for younger readers.

The book's narrator, nicknamed 'lois, lives with her family in Toledo, Ohio, around 1950. Her father's purchase of an extravagant gold Cadillac causes some family friction. But the intense drama comes when the family piles into the car and takes a trip south, into communities poisoned by racial segregation and other manifestations of racism.

Taylor is frank, but not sensationalistic, in her portrayal of racism. And although the book ultimately celebrates the strength of a Black family, the book is not sentimental and does not, in my opinion, trivialize the scars of racism. And although Taylor is certainly a writer in the tradition of children's literature, I also see "The Gold Cadillac" and her other books as being a firm part of a larger African-American literary tradition. Certainly, this book has a good deal in common with such "adult" African-American literature as Gwendolyn Brooks' novel "Maud Martha" or Lorraine Hansberry's play "A Raisin in the Sun." I recommend this book to readers of all ages.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The gold cadillac was good, July 17, 2001

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N. T. Dodson "Web Dev." (Norfolk, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gold Cadillac (Paperback)

i liked the gold cadillac. I would have like my father to by a car like that. It was scary when they went down south. it was good that the father did not be picked up by the cops. anybody should read this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars like it, December 2, 2004

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Mason 5th_Grade (Roxbury, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gold Cadillac (Paperback)

The book I'm recommending is Gold Cadillac by Mildred D Taylor. The Gold Cadillac talks about Wilbert, the father, getting a new car and when he gets a new car he drives it to Mississippi. When the family got there, there was trouble happening but I can't tell you, you have to read this fantastic book to find out.