The Land (Taylor novel)

The Land is a novel written by American author Mildred D. Taylor and published in 2001 by Scholastic. It is the sixth and penultimate book of the Logan Family saga that began with Song of the Trees (1975). It is a prequel to the whole series, recounting the life of Cassie Logan's grandfather, Paul-Edward, as he grows from a nine-year-old boy into a man in his mid-twenties. The novel was well-received and won the 2002 Coretta Scott King Award and the 2002 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.

This was originally the final book in the series before the release of All the Days Past, All the Days to Come, in 2020, which continues the story of the Logan family chronologically from the last book, The Road to Memphis, set twenty years later.