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Roll of thunder, hear my cry, Mildred D. Taylor ; frontispiece by Jerry Pinkney ; illustration by Kadir Nelson

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Roll of thunder, hear my cry

2283725

Mildred D. Taylor ; frontispiece by Jerry Pinkney ; illustration by Kadir Nelson

Accelerated Reader, MG, 5.7, 10.0, Kilgore Intermediate.

This is an extraordinarily moving novel -- one you will not easily forget. Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, it is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence. It is a story of physical survival, but more important, it is a story of the survival of the human spirit. And, too, it is Cassie's story -- Cassie Logan, an independent girl raised by a family for whom independence is primary, a family determined not to relinquish their humanity simply because they are Black. Cassie has grown up protected, grown up strong, and so far grown up unaware that any white person could force her to be untrue to herself, could consider her inferior and treat her accordingly. It took the events of one turbulent year -- the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliated Cassie in public simply because she was Black -- to show Cassie why the land meant so much, why having a place of their own where they answered to no one permitted the Logans the luxuries of pride and courage their sharecropper neighbors couldn't afford and their white neighbors couldn't allow. Richly characterized, powerfully told, Mildred Taylor's novel is unforgettable. The Logans' story is at times warm and humorous, at times terrifying. It is a story of courage and love and pride, the story of one family's passionate determination not to be beaten down. - Back coverA black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand

pre adolescent