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Title	:	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans #4)
Author	:	Mildred D. Taylor
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	October 1st 1991 by Puffin Books (first published 1975)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Classics. Childrens. Academic. School

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans #4) Paperback | Pages: 288 pages

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Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year—the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she's black—to show Cassie that having a place of their own is the Logan family's lifeblood. It is the land that gives the Logans their courage and pride—no matter how others may degrade them, the Logans possess something no one can take away.

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Original Title:	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
ISBN:	014034893X (ISBN13: 9780140348934)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Logans #4
Characters:	Cassie Logan, Stacey Logan, Christopher John, Papa
Setting:	Mississippi(United States)
Literary Awards:	Newbery Medal (1977), Buxtehuder Bulle (1984), George C. Stone Center for Children's Books Recognition of Merit Award (1991), Jane Addams Children's Book Award Nominee (1977), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction (2001) Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1978), Coretta Scott King Award for Author Honor (1977), Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (1979), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nominee for Fiction (1977), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Middle School/Junior High (1980), National Book Award Finalist for Children's Literature (1977)

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What an important piece of work. You know it's worth reading when it's a Banned Book.Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry made the American Library Association most challenged book in 2002. Some cases where Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry was banned or challenged: **1993: A Louisiana high school removed it from its reading list because of racial bias.Mar 24, 2014 This book is about family and the strong ties that bind them, as well as racism in America during the Great Depression. It takes place in

I really really enjoyed this book... until the end. I'm certain that it was realistic, but still! How depressing. I really disliked T.J. from the start, and didn't know what Stacey liked him. All in all, this was pretty good history-wise, (as far as I could tell) but not enjoyment-wise.

3.5 starsHaving just finished The Help for the 2nd time, I was already in a place to appreciate this book, and for the most part, I did appreciate it. The Help takes place in the early 60's in Jackson, Mississippi, during the early stages of the Civil Rights movement. It's a very personal story about 3 women struggling with who they are, both in general and in the environment in which they live. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry takes place in the 30's just outside of Jackson, MS, and deals with a

Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, on its surface, seems to be a response to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. They're both similar in their setting and their themes. While a major theme in both is racism in the Jim Crow-era South, they tackle this theme from different perspectives. Harper Lee's heroine is a young white girl, and Mildred D. Taylor's young heroine is a young black girl. To Kill a Mockingbird was written 16 years earlier than Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, and

This book, much like The Giver, and Number the Stars, was one that I always, ALWAYS saw lying around during mid-elementary/junior high... even high school.One of those books that I never got around to reading.I just realized that all three of these books have a little gold circle somewhere on the cover - so maybe that means my teachers just always had Newberry Medal Winners on hand. Maybe my kids will be saying the same thing about When You Reach Me... Who knows...The teachers were right to have

It's amazing to us that this book is forty years old. It's as powerful and relevant now as it was in 1976, perhaps even more so. White is something just like black is something. Everybody born on this earth is something and nobody, no matter what color, is better than anybody else. From their love of the land to their love of one another and their fellow man, the Logans are a family that you need to spend time with. Highly recommended, even if (especially if) you've read it before.

Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend. Set in Mississippi during the Great Depression, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a searing portrait of family and self-worth. Every child deserves to know Taylor's firebrand protagonist, Cassie Logan, and experience her untiring battle against social injustices and racism.