<P> Cassie makes "peace" with Lillian Jean, calling her "Miz Lillian Jean" and being her friend by carrying her books to and from school . As Lillian Jean begins trusting Cassie, she tells her all her own secrets, as well as those of her friends and brothers . Cassie eventually exacts her revenge by leading Lillian Jean into the woods, where she drops her books on the ground and starts beating her . Cassie forces Lillian Jean to apologize for all the humiliation she inflicted on her, then threatens to reveal all of Lillian Jean's secrets if she tells anyone what happened . </P> <P> T.J. is caught cheating again and fails for another year . He tells Mr. Wallace about the Logans' organized boycott of his store and how Mrs. Logan does not teach from the county - issued textbooks because she believes they contain biased information . Mr. Granger, Mr. Wallace, and a school board member fire Mrs. Logan on charges of teaching "unapproved things". Stacey blames T.J., who denies it was his fault . As his black friends begin to shun him over this, T.J. turns to hanging out with Jeremy Simms' older brothers Melvin and R.W., who manipulate T.J. and mock him behind his back . </P> <P> Papa, Mr. Morrison, and Stacey go to Vicksburg; on their way back, they find one of the wagon wheels has been tampered with . As Papa fixes it, they are ambushed by the Wallaces . They attempt to shoot Papa with a bullet that grazes his temple . However, this startles the horse into running off, causing the wagon to fall and crush Papa's leg . Mr. Morrison attacks the Wallaces, snapping Dewberry Wallace's back . Later, Mr. Granger uses his banking influence to make the Logans' mortgage note due for full payment within a week even though the Logans had four more years to pay it . Uncle Hammer sells his car and other items, leaving the Logans able to pay the mortgage . </P> <P> On the last night of church revival meetings in August, T.J. appears dressed up in gangster - like clothes with R.W. and Melvin in order to show his former friends he is better off without them . R.W. and Melvin take T.J. to get the pearl handled pistol at the Barnett store . The store is closed, but R.W. and Melvin convince T.J. to steal the gun while they rob the cash box . The Barnetts catch what appear to be three black burglars, as Melvin and R.W. are wearing stocking masks over their faces . R.W. hits Mr. Barnett with the flat end of an ax and slaps Mrs. Barnett, causing her to hit the back of her head on a stove and black out . They beat up T.J. when he threatens to reveal what happened . T.J. flees to the Logans . Stacey takes T.J. home before T.J.'s father finds him missing and kicks him out . The Simms and Wallaces attack the Averys' home, capture T.J. and are about to lynch him when Mr. Jamison and the town sheriff arrived . The Wallaces propose taking T.J. to the Logans' land and killing him and Papa and Mr. Morrison . The Logan children flee home where they are found to have been missing and reveal what happened . Papa and Mr. Morrison leave . Mama and Big Ma realize that there is a fire outside that may consume their land . The fire stops the lynching by causing the Simms, Wallaces, and Logans to work together to extinguish it . </P>

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