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Summary: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Review: I just finished Mildred D. Taylor's book Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry and it was a good book. I liked it because it was sort of an adventure. I didn't know anything about night riders until this story. It is sort of a good book. I would recommend it to you if you like to have some laughs or some mystery.
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Summary: In Justice's of the 20's
Review: I enjoyed Milfred D. Taylor's book, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. I enjoyed it because it gave me a better understanding of what happened between whites and blacks when they were better known as enemies. This book is taking place during the Depression. This excellent book is about a family (the Logans) that are having troubles with certain whites and keeping their land. Further through the story Mrs. Logan (the mother) gets fired from her job. Mr Logan gets a broken leg and gets shot. But if you would want to find out how, you would have to get this excellent book and read to find out.
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Summary: An Educational and Emotional Novel
Review: This novel was great to read. The purpose of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry was to tell about racism in the early 1900's. The story is told through the eyes of a young African-American girl named Cassie Logan and her life in the south. Mildred D. Taylor created characters that I empathize with. Although this story is historical fiction, it gives us a good way to understand how black people were treated in the south. The novel shows the Logan family having pride, love, and independence. This book was very emotional and educational for me. I recommend this book to anyone interested in American history.
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Summary: So Interesting
Review: This is about Cassie and her family. Its about a black family who are trying to save the Logan land. Why is the land so important to the Logans? Its about blacks against whites. Its really good but is very sad.
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Summary: it is a good book
Review: It is a really good book because it always looked from their point of view. It never changes from person to person, it always was from Cassie's point of view. It was really interesting and fun to read because you always wanted to keep on reading it.
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Summary: A Wonderful Novel
Review: "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" is the story of a girl named Cassie Logan, an African-American, and her family. It starts out with the life of the Logan family, the pranks of the Logan kids, their bittersweet friendship with Jeremy, a caucasian, and T.J.{a friend of theirs)'s harsh attitude. When there mother catches T.j. cheating and fails him, T.J. tells the school district board that Mrs. Logan hasm't been teaching them worthwhile stuff. The school district comes to watch her teach and fires her because she wom't teach what's in the textbooks, even though the information isn't correct. When the Logan kids find out that T.j. got their mother fired, they decide not to be friends with him. Then T.J starts hanging out with Jeremy's brothers. They steal stuff. When they are caught stealing a pearl handled gun, the owner mistakes the brothers as African-Americans. The owner is killed by one of the brothers. T.J. then tells that he's going to report the killing, so the beat him up. T.J is convicted of theft and murder. This is a powerful story of racism, the trials of growing up, and the land they love.
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Summary: Haunting look at racial injustices in Depression Era South
Review: Living through The Great Depression was hard enough -- forAfrican Americans it was even harder! This book tells of life in the rural South through the eyes of a 9-year old African American girl. She gives an account of what each day was like, how black people were exploited and cheated, even beaten and murdered. There were many good people, black and white, who just wanted everyone to get along, and when it really mattered they all banded together. -- This book is for mature readers who can handle difficult situations. I would highly recommend this book to any readers above the age of 10. As a teacher I have used this book in my classroom during African American History Month, but would not hesitate to introduce it any time.*****
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Summary: Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Review: Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry was an excellent book. I like this book because Mildered D. Taylor made a very good plot detail and a good characterization of the characters. In the part where Cassie gets humiliated in public by a white girl, just because she was black, was neat. Not because she got humiliated in public, but because, since everyone back then thought black people were stupid, she thought of a plan on how to get the white girl back in public. So one day after school she decided to tell her that she had a surprise for her in the woods. So they went there and Cassie started to beat her up. She taught her a lesson. Then, the white never humiliated her in public again. I think everyone should read this book because it is a great book. Also it teaches many lessons. That is why i gave it four stars. I really liked it and i think everyone should take the time to read this great book. Even if you don't have a lot of time, take the time to read it!
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Summary: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Review: Wow, what an amazing piece of literature. I would highly recommend this truly engaging book. Mildred Taylor has created characters that one can easily empathize with. She pulls you into little Cassie's life. You laugh, cry, and are angered and appalled by the daily life Cassie and her family deal with. Read this with an open mind and an understanding spirit and you will come away with more than you began with.
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Summary: One of the best book ever(from an 13 avid reader)!
Review: This is a GREAT fiction book about how colored families deal with adverse incidents. The setting occurs in the early 1930's. The reader can related to a number of incidents that is mentioned in the book. The events are so vivid and described so well that you would think that you experienced the whole novel too!!(or at leased think that author did). The characters are so well described that you would think that they were your family and friends(of couse you would also need to have a imagination)!! there is only 2 other books that almost made me cry (Where the Red Fern Grows and a book in that Cynthia Voigt series fogot the name). This is a fast-paced, easy, novel. Won't give anything away but I would profusely recommend this book to ANYBODY!! I can't wait to read the other series!!
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