Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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Summary: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Review: ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY OVER THE WATER BYE AND BYE OLE MAN COMIN' DOWN THE LINE WHIP IN HAND TO BEAT ME DOWN BUT I AIN'T GONNA LET HIM TURN ME 'ROUND....

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry is one of the best books ever ...

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Summary: Sensational
Review: This book was truly amazing. I had been skating around the idea of reading it for years, and when I finally bought the book, I found one of the best stories I had ever read. Mildred D. Taylor writes with excellent character development and wrote an excellent plot. She also adds to the book a sense of realism so well that one might assume the book to be autobiographical. This book is a must-read for any teenager who enjoys a good, entertaining story. This book has quickly become one of my favourites, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Summary: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry ~Book Review
Review: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry is about the Logan's- a black family trying to overcome racial segregation in Mississippi. It's a very racial time and the local storeowners would do anything to sabotage a black family. The Logan's try to protect their land in the midst of all this racial segregation.
The Logan's only daughter, Cassie, is a strong, independent character that wants to protect her family and their land. She doesn't quite understand the racial part of growing up I the south yet, though. But when she witnesses one of her own 'friends' get caught up in it, she realizes there's more to being black than appears. Little Man, the youngest Logan, is very careful and tries to keep everything about him clean. He is very well behaved. Christopher-John is a normal 7-year-old growing up.
The Logan's try to protect their rights-with help from a lawyer. Help also comes from Mr. Morrison. He is a strong man who helps protect the family while papa is away on the railroad. He earns the trust of Stacy, Cassie's brother. He tells them stories of when he was kid-stories of nightriders and of blacks. Mama and papa feel it is good to have their children know about these kinds of things, because they could very well happen to the Logan's. There was a burning in the beginning of the book. It foreshadows the coming events-possibly another burning or some other event, most likely by whites.
The whites in this story that cause problems are the Wallace's and the Simmses. The Wallace's are bad role models for the blacks (and some of the whites) in the story. The whites seem to have free reign while the blacks are kept away and watched very closely. One wrong move could send them to death.
One incident in the book where blacks are treated unfairly is when the Logan's are forced to climb into a muddy trench in order to get out of harm's way- the white children's school bus. The black children have to walk to school everyday while the whites ride the bus.
This story is very realistic and I think that everyone should have a chance to read it as it shows what true life was like for African Americans and racial segregation in the 1930s. The book can be boring at times but it is certainly worth it to discover the world of Logan's-their pain, hardships, and their overall life as a black family. It is a very educational book and I think it is worth the while to read Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry.

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Summary: Roll of Thunder
Review: Imagine if you were wrongly treated discriminated against, socialy unequal, poor and you don't understand why. Cassie a black 11yr old souther girl from Mississippi is finding out why she can't associate with white people. Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry is a very historicaly acurate novel but is not a tad bit boring. Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry will keep you guessing until the very end and then still amazed at waht has happened in this quality book.

If you're like me then you want plenty of action in yuor books. This book wont upset you.

I give this book 4 stars due to the thick plot and acurate subject and it's action packed and has a varitey of characters.

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Summary: roll of thunder hear my opinions
Review: The story Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry was basicly about a black family living in the 1930s strugling with racism and bankrupcy. There are lots of characters in the story but the main character is Cassie the only little girl in the family, and she tells the story. The other characters are Mama, Big Ma, Mr. Morrison, Uncle hammer, Papa, Christopher John, Stacie, and Little man.

The story was very slow in the beginning but as the story moved on it became much more interesting and action packed while Cassie figured her ways through the times she lived in and went through the suffering of being black during that time period. this book really brings you back to theat time period in America and showed you how afful it was back then and hoe black Americans were mistreated back then. As i read it I felt I was there with the logans in the bad times they lived through. I would recomend this book to no one younger than 7th graders because of the reading level and how the book was writtin. If they came out with a sequel to this book i would read that and i think it would be just as good. SO i give this book 4 stars, and thats my opinions of roll of thunder hear my cry.

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Summary: Roll of thunder hear my Review
Review: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry is an alluring book. It captures your attention in the first few chapters. Mama the mother of 4 children is so brave and courageous. She knows that the world outside the walls of their house is cruel and unobtaining, and she wants to protect her children as much as she can from it. Little man is the youngest of the children but in many ways ahead of his years. H is, as many children are, very eventful and never tired, always urning for more excitement. Christopher john is the second youngest child and is just as much courageous as his mother. Even in the face of danger he knows his ground. Although blacks were very much discriminated in Mississippi, the third youngest, Cassie doesn't see it that way. There are things she has yet to learn about life in the 60's that will get her into quite a bit of trouble throughout the book. Boll of Thunder Hear My Cry is her life the way she sees's it back then. She knows things that her family has been trying to protect her from. Cassie sees's the trouble, and works around it. Her thinking captures you to keep reading. Her plot to do things makes you really question her age -9 or 10-. The oldest, Stacey is both noble and frivolous at the same time. He knows how the world works, how African Americans are treated, how whites are considered better than he is, and he wants to change that. He has many ways if fixing it, one of which is very ingenious. Many think that it is time for him to grow up, but is Stacey ready to be grown up? His father thinks that it is time, but he is never home help him. He is always away working on the railroad to make sure the family stays healthy and for the land, the heart of the family and its origin. David is only home a few weeks a year so when he isn't home he isn't able to watch over the family the way he wants to. So he has a strong, tall, well built man named Mr. Morrison, "help out." throughout the long journey this family goes through to keep the heart, soul, and pride for the land is their, "earth mother," Bigma. She is not only a grandmother but also a friend, peacemaker, nourished and an aid to the whole community. During this epic adventure is an old friend that can cause more trouble than anyone could have ever imagined.

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Summary: Roll of thunda hear ma cry
Review: If I were to rate this book on a scale of 1 to 5, I would rate it a four, because I like books that are based on things that really happened, or could happen. This book explains how our country was in bad shape during this period of time. It also shows the difference between a peaceful protest, and a violent protest. This book shows how much the south was controlled by the white people, after the civil war.
The book is about a black family who struggles through the hard times, the family tries to put a small store run by white men out of business by boycotting.
This book is very educational and realisticand I think all kids should read it so they can understand real prejudism, and how the country has changed and expanded the meaning of freedom.
The book had a good storyfull of different, small plots. the major plot of surviving the hard times without having to sell their landwas the most interesting one.
I liked this book because it enlightened me with the true meaning of prejudism and how much our country really has changed. It also showed me how much the average black family went through for their rights and their property.
I didnt like this book because it was very slow and didnt have much action until the ending. There were also many characters in this book ehich complicates things but challenges the reader to pay very close attention.
I would recommend this book to readers ages 12 to 103 so that you can learn a lot, if you are over the age of 103, you were there. I think peple should learn it through a good story like this. I would definitely reccomend this book.

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Summary: Roll Of Thunder Hear My Review
Review: Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor is a book about opening your eyes to the real world and discovering what inhumane acts are really going on, and without protest. Cassie Logan is a black girl who has been sheltered by her parents on the ways of the world, and in particular the ways of black people in a white society. This story follows the struggles of the Logan family as they try to keep hold of their land that they have worked so hard for. While doing this they get etangled with many white men, getting in more and more trouble with the passing of each day. They strike back though, planning a scheme to get back on the so called, "night riders". This book of staying with what you think is right no matter what comes against you. This triumphant book is one of the best stories of racism that we will probably ever see.
I give this book 4 stars. It truly is a great book to read, from start to finish. Though it has some dry spots, when you get to the end you are rewarded with the experience of reading this wonderful book. Not only does this book touch your emotions, but it also has many other qualities. being able to have comedy in such a serious scenario is extremely hard, but Taylor pulled it off with grace. Also it was very descriptive so that you could feel Cassie's fear as she stared into the white face of horror. I think after you read this book it will leave you a better person, that's how important this book is.

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Summary: Roll of Thunder Hear My Review
Review: In Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, By: Mildred D. Taylor, Cassie a twelve-year-old girl growing up in the thirties Mississippi, learning of the white's "superiority" in public and not liking it, she has false frienships with a white girl. many childish revenge plots from all, even the adults, and one quite dangerous with a bus. Friendships and love overcome all even friendships between black and white. A long time friend of Cassie's brother becomes a bad seed and nearly his life is nearly ended. Very historically accurate, and belivable, but it doesn't seem to get boring. In the end differences are overcome to save a boy and an the land that the Logan family worked so hard for. This book will keep you guessing until the very end. Other books similar: The Watsons Go to Birmingham, Let the circle be Unbroken. A GREAT BOOK

I reccomend you steal this from the book shop, unless you live in the projects and don't have one in the neighboorhood.
Shout Out to my posse HOLLA ...

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Review: On a scale of 1 to 5 stars I would rate Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry a 4. I would rate it a four because in the beginning it wasn't that interesting and you just wanted to put it down, but in the end it got exciting and you didn't want to stop reading it. I liked the book because it gave me more of an idea of what happened to African Americans. It showed me more about how the white people tried so hard to ruin their lives and have segregation even for water fountains.
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry is a book that shows you that if you were black then you had to be careful. If you even looked at someone that was white and they thought it was threatening you would get lynched. Lynched means that they would get hung. If a white person did something to a black person there was a slim chance of something happening to them.
I would say that Cassie was my favorite character because she seemed to be a strong-willed girl. Even though being like that if you were black could get you killed it didn't matter to her. Even after all the rude and mean things white people do to her, her family, and friends she was still strong.
I think Mildred Taylor the author is a wonderful writer and she really shares the Logan Family's feelings and everyone else in the story. She gave the African Americans story and the white peoples side. I think the book relates to Watson's go to Birmingham a lot. It relates to it by talking to Black families and showing how they lived in little shacks and how people treated them badly just because the color of their skin.