Tar Beach Race Quotes

It's easy to miss if you're not paying attention, but all of the characters in Tar Beach are Black, which is awesome. That's pretty unusual for a children's book from the early 1990s. (It's even still unusual for children's books today.)

Cassie doesn't let racism get her down. She knows that she can do anything.

Characters like Cassie's dad are understandably down about living in a super-racist society. But Cassie feels confident that nothing's going to hold her back.