# Mildred D. Taylor — books assigned in US schools

**2** books by Mildred D. Taylor appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 920L–920L
**Grade span:** 6–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/mildred-d-taylor
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_D._Taylor
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- Jim Crow South
- childhood awareness
- dignity and resistance
- family and land
- racial injustice

## Genres

- Historical Fiction

## Every Mildred D. Taylor title on file

- [Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry](https://readinglist.school/book/roll-of-thunder-hear-my-cry) _(920L · Grades 6–8 · 1976)_
- [The Land](https://readinglist.school/book/the-land-mildred-taylor) _(Grades 7–12 · 2002)_

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