The WellThe Well

Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

For David Logan, a time of distress means taking the higher road.

During a drought, the Logan family shares their well water with their neighbors, black and white alike. But David’s brother Hammer finds it hard to share with Charlie Simms, who torments them because they are black. Hammer’s pride and Charlie’s meanness are a dangerous combination, and tensions between the boys build and build—until they explode.


* “A compelling novel about prejudice and the saving power of human dignity."—School Library Journal, starred review
After every well but theirs goes dry, the Logan family willingly shares water with both black and white members of their small community until white teen Charlie Simms stirs up trouble, forcing David and Hammer Logan to learn what it truly takes to be men.
In Mississippi in the early 1900s ten-year-old David Logan's family generously shares their well water with both white and black neighbors in an atmosphere of potential racial violence.