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Summary: Triumph Over Adversity
Review: Through the explosive narrative Cassie Logan delivers, it seems as if one is walking hand and hand with the family as they face the many trials and tribulations life cruelly deals them. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a first person account of a family's fight for their land and their pride. Cassie vividly details her family's struggles to rise above poverty, racism, and the brutal treatment of African-Americans living in the South during the depression. Cassie and her brother, Stacey, are forced to grow beyond their years when they are faced with the multi-faceted occurances of discrimination. When the future looks bleak and impossible for the Logan's, Mama, Papa, Big Ma, Uncle Hammer, and loyal friend, Mr. Morrison do the unthinkable to save the family, the land, and unite the community for one brief moment. Although the winds of adversity blow in the face of the Logan's, they prove that anything worth having is worth a fight.
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Summary: REAL!
Review: Roll of Thunder is about an African-American family living in Missisipi. They have four children that have never gone through hard times as blacks before and finally find out how badly blacks are mistreated.I will not tell you more except that this book is great except very emotional and I'll have the guts to say it's educational!
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Summary: marvelous
Review: Role of Thunder Hear my cry was a very enjoyable and suspenseful book. Although, I'm afraid this book would have to win the award for the saddest ending! It talks about a black family struggling to live, with no money and eventually fired from their jobs. The only thing that they do have is their land, and they sure are proud of it!
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Summary: The book I like
Review: Tis is a very good book.In this book there ia a lot of action going on like when Stacey and T.J. fight or when Cassie and Lillian Jean fight.I really enjoyed this book because well basicly this a good book,it has a lot of detail in it.Plus it had to do with the past and I would really like to get into my background and see what they had to go through.So that's what I have to say bye.:^)
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Summary: UM Thoughts on ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY
Review: We read the book, ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY, by Mildred Taylor. This book, which is set during the Depression, is a story about an African-American family (in the rural south) whose love for each other and their land gives them the courage to go against southern racism. Nine years old,Cassie Logan, a member of the family, narrates the story of how her family survives poverty, brutality, and racism.
This book is very interesting, and it keeps you on the edge of your seat. The beginning of the book is very descriptive, and the conversations seem real (making the book come alive). The author's style is simple for a child to read and sopisticated enough for an adult to enjoy. This book is great for all ages.
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Summary: Undying Spirit
Review: The Logan Family exhibits an undying spirit to protect their land and family in a time when they were against all odds. Because this book was set in the South, we feel that we had an opportunity to put ourselves in the Logan family position. We have always learned about this fierce racism issue, but reading this book gave us a chance to actually live the moment with the Logans. We find this book appropriate for middle or upper elementary students.
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Summary: Thrilling and exciting, but believable.
Review: Roll of thunder hear my cry, captures the harsh stark reality of living as a black in the depression. It takes us through the life of Cassie Logan, a lovable yet snoopy character who rings up the main part. She narates the story in a rare 1st person perspective, and so to be completly omnisiant 'over hears alot of things. It's a very sad book, and the ending is no exseption. It shows us all the prejudice and injustices that the blacks went through during the 1930's and beyond. The stark reality that 10,000's of people were lynched and burned for the colour of their skin is some thing disgusting, and is told in the book.The book is truthful and does not with-hold anything. All in all great book, sad ending, leaves you hanging for the next fantastic Mildred Taylor book. Gerard McCarthy
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Summary: ABSOLUTELY GREAT!!
Review: I believe that this is a great explanation of what it was like for a black family with there own land in 1933! It tells the things that happen to this family through the eyes of a young girl, who has a mind of her own! I would recommend this book to children and adults alike!
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Summary: Straight to the Heart
Review: When I started reading this book, I immediately had to put it back down for a minute. Even the first opening pages struck a cord straight to my heart and I had to stop because the hit was so direct. As an African American girl born and raised in a southern state there were some incidents, some emotions that Ms. Taylor descibed so vividly in her book that I could feel them all over again. I had a difficult time finishing this book because of the many emotions it stirred inside me. But, needless to say it was well worth the effort. Like Cassie I too came from a large, strong, independent, and loving family and when you're surrounded by this protective shield you don't immediately see or feel the harsh realities of racism. Cassie and her brother Stacy grow up quickly and are forced to leave some of their easy-going childhood days behind them to come face to face with discrimination. They have the excellent role models of their Mother, Big Ma, their Papa, Uncle Hammer and also the devoted family friend Mr. Morrison. Through everything that transpires in this book, the family stays united and land remains in the hands of the Logan family -- not without a fight, not without a price, but then again, nothing worth having ever does.
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Summary: Roll of thunder here my cry
Review: it was such a good book especially when the author went into detail about the children getting whooped.
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