The Glory Field
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Narrated by Ezra Knight
5/5
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Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Although The Glory Field is grand in scope, spanning many generations of the Lewis family, each segment of the story is filled with the thoughts and dreams of the brave individuals who acted on their aspirations, and a saga of the African American experience is brought to life by the precise and evocative language of Walter Dean Myers.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An instant classic. Although it is long, this multi-generation story brings the reader to a different time and place. A highly satisfying read when you are done with it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book follows the Lewis family through many generations. Beginning with Muhammad Bilal, who was captured and brought to America on a slave ship, to family members who now live in Harlem in 1994. Some of the family has traveled far from the plantation while others still live and farm the land, but all are proud of the ancestors that came before them.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This powerful novel tells the story of the Lewis family through six generations. It begins with Muhammad Bilal's journey from Africa in the belly of a slave ship, then progresses through stories set during the Civil War, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights movement, all the way to 1990's Harlem. Throughout, the Lewis's own a very special plot of land that they call The Glory Field. It is a reminder of everything they and their ancestors have been through. Told in short vignettes, we only see glimpses of each of the characters' lives, but it is enough to illustrate their strength and love of their family.Each section of the novel has a lot of action, and is historically accurate. The white characters aren't demonized (except for maybe the slave drivers in the first section), but they do portray accurately the attitudes and prejudices of the day, and each is subtly different. This novel is chock full of potential discussions about everything from racism to family life to freedom. Some students may be frightened or dismayed by the violence in some sections of the novel, but it is never gratuitous, and shows them how violence was and is a fact of life for many people of color during various parts of history.For ages 10 and up.