Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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Summary: Greatest book ever
Review: This is by far the best book i have ever read, i may not be finished(not nearly,5th chapter) but so far this book is great I have barely been able to set it down. I look forward to reading more and also another one. But what is shocking is I am 12 and love sports and I usually hate to read, especially since I red the "Borrowers" for school I thought that all books were as boreing as that. When I heard that we had to read another book called "Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry" I thought oh no! But this book is GREAT!! Sincerily, Brianna Louise Hill [e-mail]

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Summary: "Roll of Thunuder Hear my Cry" is a good book!
Review: Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry was an educational book that talks about a familys history and what is happening to their land. It is a good book, that gives you a idea of what the times where like around the great depression. Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry is detailed and direct. It is good for a book report or essay.

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Summary: A powerful, compelling narrative of a southern family's lif
Review: Mildred Taylor does a magnificent job of telling the American post-slavery story. The fact the she does it throught the eyes of a brave and sensitive nine year old girl makes it most profound. The author remains true to history with a strong sense of time and place. Characters are well defined, each with an identity that balances the family. This book meanders along at a well paced flows. Poignant sensory details are used to bring the reader closer to the events- you can almost smell the honeysuckle. Taylor does an especially good job of giving characters strength in spite of all adversaries. Good read. Young people and others would enjoy this book. I've read it to my youngsters and they loved it.

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Summary: A wonderful story told through the eyes of a young girl!
Review: Cassie Logan is the picture of an innocent nine year old girl who falls victim to the unthwarted racism and hatred during the 1930's. Taylor weaves a story of the struggles that most African-Americans faced during the horrible years of the Night Riders. Some gave in, other stood up to them and payed for it, while some did nothing at all. The Logans were fortunate enough to have land to support them.

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Summary: Hear my cry
Review: If you want to learn how blacks were treated, read this excellent book with action and drama. See how whites and blacks can get along, but don't take my word for it. Read it!!!

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Summary: Great book... go read it now!!!
Review: Well, if you can that is... if not, I feel very sorry for you! I had to read this book as a class novel study and it's great! Definitely one of the best I've read so far. Mildred Taylor is an excellent auhor and I especially like her style of writing and her exciting vocabulary! A lot is happening in the story, but it's amazing how she manages to blend each character's personality and all the events all together perfectly.

If you can get the chance, make sure this is the first book on you list. Okay well go read it now.... (i'd rate it 6/5 stars!!!).

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Summary: makes u sleep.....zzzzzzzz.....
Review: i have 2 read this in class and let me tell u...it is mad boring. i almost fell asleep in class when we were reading it. this book defintely doesn't deserve the newbury medal. when the judges were giving the award, they were probably half asleep because they have been reading the book. i think they should just get rid of the book!!! if this book isn't 4 a skool report or anything like that....don't read it!!!

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Summary: GREAT BOOK!!
Review: Cassie's family faces a real challenge: to hold on to land in the South during the Depression. Her father works away from home and her mother works and runs the family farm. Lynne Thigpen dramatizes this excellent classic story of a black family's struggles to remain independent and proud against all obstacles.

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Summary: perfect for students grades 7-12
Review: I recently read this book and decided to incorporate it into a high school lesson. This book may have been intended for middle school students, but high school students enjoyed it and drew a great deal from it. We used the book during our "pre-depression era" unit. My students found it simple to read and easy to comprehend. Because they didn't have to struggle with it, they got a great deal out of it. I recommend this book to any parent or high school teacher who would like to give a young person something other than a "classic" to read. This, in its own way, will always be a classic in my classroom.

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Summary: Powerful book for adolescents learning about courage
Review: Mildred D. Taylor has given adolescent readers a powerful account of the Great Depression and the economic hardships it placed on many families, particularly blacks. As seen through the eyes of the Logan family, students learn about the inequalities between blacks and whites, beginning with the four Logan children being splattered by mud from a school bus that transported white children only. A further indignity occurs when the Logans are given dirty, tattered textbooks that have been discarded by the school for whites.

Much of what Taylor describes in this novel packs a strong punch for adolescents. Further, to fully understand the story's context, students need to understand a good deal of U. S. history, specifically, the Great Depression, the Restoration, the sharecropping system, and segregation practices in the south during this period. Yet, teachers and students who take on the challenge will be well rewarded. Teachers and administrators in the Boston Public Schools have been so impressed by the powerful themes in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, that they have selected it as one of six core novels for sixth graders as part of the Max Warburg Courage Curriculum. The other five novels are: Taking Sides, Number the Stars, Bridge to Terabithia, So Far from the Bamboo Grove, and Maniac Magee. As with Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, each novel addresses the theme of courage--different types of courage, what it takes to act courageously, and how even small acts of courage can have enormous consequences in everyday life.

As an Educational Consultant for the Courage Curriculum, I highly recommend Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Taylor does not speak down to students. Instead she presents them with genuine characters in a drama that reflects the story-telling tradition she was steeped in as a child.