Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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Summary: The Trials and Tribulations of Early Black Life
Review: This book was very good. It is a historical fiction that proves what love and friendship can accomplish. Being black forces this family of good, honest people to feel the hatred of there fellow man. Even though it is a fiction, it made me very sad thinking that that is how things were. Wow! Next time you need a book to read consider Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry!

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Summary: Roll of Thunder=okay book
Review: I thought the book was boring in some ways and interesting in other ways. The chapters were long. Cassie is a young girl that always interacts with whites-rude selfish whites. Cassie and her family try to save themselves from other rude harsh comments and other things. When I read the book, there were some parts that made me want to read on. A couple, but not a lot of parts made me stop and read another book. All in all the book was okay.

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Summary: Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry
Review: Hi my name is Misty and I read the book Roll OF Thunder Heat My Cry. This book was about a small family that lived on a farm. They did not have enough money to pay for the farm, so there dad had to go work on the railroads all year but came home during the summer. There were a couple of kids in this book they were about my age. (12) This family was African American. The children have to walk to school because the white folks get to ride on the bus. The bus driver of the bus does not like them and he always trys to get them muddy. The kids don't like this so they come up with a evil plan to get back at the bus driver. They dig a hole in the middle of the street and the rain covers it up. So when the bus comes he sees the water and trys to go as fast as he can so the kids on the bus have fun. All of a sudden the bus is stuck and all the kids have to walk home. I thought this book was weird because i didn't get to read it all. I read it in class and i also watched the movie. My teacher didn't make us read it all because we didn't have enough time. I really didn't like this book because i didn't understand it. Thats because we skiped around in the book. so i reccomend that if you do read this book don't skip around it woun't make since.

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Summary: Stephanie's Review
Review: "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry" is a very good book. Cassie and her family struggle agianst racism and many other things. This book is very interesting. It keeps you thinking and wanting to read more. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read about a family sticking together during hard times. This book is good to read; it grabs your attention. After reading the first chapter of this book I was hooked. The best part of the book is when Stacey get caught with cheat notes. The notes weren't really his they were T.J's. Stacey told T.J to put them away. When T.J saw Ms Logan coming he slid the notes to Stacey and then he got caught. Then he got a whipping. He was very angry and wanted to fight T.J. So he went downt to the Wallace Store eventhough he wasn't suppose to. He got caught by Mr. Morrison and instead of Mr. Morrison telling his mom Stacey had to tell on himself. This book is very good

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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: I think this is a very good book. When I read it in school, I learned more about what life was like back then during the Great Depression. I also have a much greater understanding of what went on back then after reading this book.

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Summary: Racism against blacks
Review: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor is an inspiring and serious but painful book. As I read about a family going through a corrupt time of hatred, I was enlightened on the wrong doings of people using racism. Not only is the book about a family going through racism, but they also encounter timeless family issues that many can relate to. The main character of this inspirational book is a young teenage intelligent girl named Cassie Logan. As a black, Cassie goes through a harsh and miserable time fighting against racism. She goes through a copious and myriad amount of vile encounters with depraved whites in her school. Not only does she go through the bitterness of racism but also through the affliction of being a teenager. At the conclusion of the book the Logans must unite against racism and not letting it get the best of them even if it is separating their family. This book will definitely leave an indelible mark on whomever reads it. If you are interested in dramatic books, this is certainly a book for you. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry will leave you so shocked and appalled it will feel like your in the book.

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Summary: This is a tremendous book!
Review: The best children's book is a book that would be loved by all generations. That is definitely true for this book. This book taught me what the lives of black Americans were like for seventy years and beyond after the Civil War. I think it also gives a glimpse of what led them in the direction they have gone culturally, since.

Even white readers will begin, through this book, to sort of live empathetically through what they lived -- the struggle to make ends meet in a system designed to continue to enslave them, the struggle to keep a good name while being blamed for the crimes of white men, and just what life was like for the descendants of slaves in the 1930's.

I highly recommend this book to anyone of any age who hasn't yet read it. It will captivate you. It will make you laugh, cry, and experience every emotion in between. But it will be well worth it, and you will be glad you did.

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Summary: Roll of thunder hear my cry is an exellent book,you should
Review: this book is the story about cassie(she is the narrarator), a black girl in the 1930's. She struggles with segragation. She stands up to a lot of white people when others tell her not to. Lots of people tell her that she's rude and that she shouldn't argue with white people or else she will be punished but she puts that all behind her and stands up for her race. This is such a good book, you have to read it!!

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Summary: A great book with real characters
Review: This book was extremely good. This book used truth and reality so well that it is the main reason why I think it won the Newberry. The truth is what makes it so good. The characters are amazingly put together. Cassie the main character is a girl growing up in the depression. Her curiosity is never ending and it gets her into trouble sometimes. Her brothers are the supporting characters and each one of them are different. T.J. a friend of theirs more or less is the oldest and has the least common sense. Because of this he gets into a huge mess at the climax of the book. The characters are so different from each other it is almost impossible not believe that they are a real community. The characters are used very well through the story. The book was one of the best books I have read and you should to if you don't you're crazy.

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Summary: There is one too many of these books
Review: Being an avid reader of SF/Fantasy, I suffer the enormous restraint of having to read books assigned in school. Some are bearable, while others are just not up to par. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is full of ignorant Black children bewildered at the treatment they recieve. Gee, maybe it's because people are racist? But, of course, dipping in the inkwell, one must put the ink to good use with thought-provoking and heatfelt conversations explaining the concept of racism. I am not racist, and I think it's important that our children learn not to be as well, but I think it is hammered into their heads too much. Frankly, this book is another To Kill a Mockingbird. That was a fantastic book. This book rides on its fame. Honestly, folks. Stop raving about the Newbery award winners. These only have to be good enough that an average C student gets some meaning out of it to be awarded this. Those of higher, well... intellect, will find themselves completely bored by this rip-off of a classic novel.