from tjsjohanna

This reminded me, in many ways, of Ms. Harper's "To Kill a Mockingbird". Cassie finds herself caught up in the racial tensions in their community at the same time that she is coming face to face with what it means to be black in the South. While her parents walk the fine line between keeping thei...

from ashleymcquirk

This book is about a family living in Mississippi in the 1930s. The Logans are the only family who own land and their possession of that land is threatened. Cassie is the protagonist of the story, and she goes encounters some very adult themes during the story. She is humiliated multiple times, b...

from bookwyrmm

Realistic look at 1930s Mississippi that everyone should read at some point in their life.

from jennybeast

One of my all time favorite books as a kid. I connected really hard to Cassie's love of the land, of the red earth and cotton country, and I was outraged and deeply moved by the struggles her family faced under Jim Crow. This is a powerful book.

from ShelbyJoMcKay

"Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry" is the story of a black family in the South during the 1930's. This extended family lives in Mississippi on 400 acres of family-owned land; something to be very proud of, but often a point of controversy in their small town. Some whites in their area do not feel that...