l issues that are still controversial today. Interracial dating, teen pregnancy, and premarital sex are all covered in this novel. Issues of race are also touched upon in this book. This novel brings the reader into the inner lives of a Negro family as they struggle to understand the bitter challenges of life. This writer sees eye to eye with the truth of the matters at hand. Paton, Alan. 1991. Cry, The Beloved Country. New York: Addison Wesley Longman Education.This is an amazing novel that beautifully weaves the imagery of the land and language of South Africa with dynamic symbolism. It is a story about the injustices of the time in South Africa through the eyes of a Zulu religious figure. This is a timeless novel of racial disparity and hope. Morrison, Toni. 1987. Beloved. New York: Knopf.This book is a hair raiser. In this novel set in Ohio after the end of the Civil War, Sethe, who eighteen years earlier had fled from slavery on a Kentucky plantation, is haunted by the spirit of Beloved, the two-year-old daughter she had killed when threatened with recapture. Through the different voices and memories of this novel, the reader experiences American slavery as it was lived by those who were involved in it directly.Rainey, John Calvin. 1997. The Thang Ate My Granddaddy's Dog. Sarata, FL.: Pineapple Press.This is a story of a boy and his dog. This is no Lasie tale. Along this journey there are gunshots, drugs, poverty, alligators and industrial sludge. Through all the dangers of life there is a close knit family that protects each other from those dangers. This tale moves through a series of events while illustrating the history of a poor village and its inhabitants. Stelle, Shelby. 1998. A Dream Deferred. New York: HarperCollins.This is a book of essays addressing needed reforms pertaining to blacks in the United States dealing mainly with public policy and blacks' mentality. Stelle argues that blacks have been bet...
