The Friendship by Mildred Taylor
This is book five in the Logan series, and it is one of the shorter novels in the series. While on an errand for a neighbor lady, the Logan children go to the forbidden Wallace Store. While there, they run into Jeremy Simms, a poor white boy who wants very much to be friends with the Logan children, and Mr. Tom Bee, an older man and a Negro in their community. Mr. Tom Bee, against societal norms of the time, calls the owner of the Wallace Store by his first name. He has sound reasoning for doing so--he saved Mr. Wallace's life multiple times, and they were friends--but it causes problems in the community. The Logans witness the friendship between Mr. Tom Bee and Mr. Wallace crumble.
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