Tar Beach Freedom and Confinement Quotes

I can fly—yes, fly. Me, Cassie Lightfoot, only eight years old and in the third grade, and I can fly. That means I am free to go wherever I want for the rest of my life. [10]

But still he can't join the union because Grandpa wasn't a member. [13]

Tonight we're going up to Tar Beach. Mommy is roasting peanuts and frying chicken, and Daddy will bring home a watermelon. [21]