This book is the first in a series of books centered around the Logan family. This particular book is about the black family's struggles in the South. This family owns land at a time when blacks are not looked at by whites as equals. Black families endured night riders and burnings, they were tarred and feathered, and Cassie, the Logan's daughter was humiliated by a white girl just because she is black. They can not go to the same school as white children, they do not have buses, and the only books they have are handed down from the white schools. The children learn in this book how important the land they own is to them and why. They learn that no matter what anyone does or says to them, they have one thing by owning land that no one can take away.
This book should move anyone who reads it. It is very well written by an author who uses her own family history to write. Mildred Taylor is by far one of the best African American authors.
Taylor, Mildred. (1997). Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. New York: Penguin Books.
Taylor, Midlred. (1997). Retrieved March 1, 2009 from Web site http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Roll+of+Thunder%2C+Hear+My+Cry&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2
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