Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (1991, Paperback)

Mildred Taylor is a wonderful storyteller. She puts you in the shoes of a black family in the early thirties. Her description of the Logan family and the community both black and white are riveting. You actually felt you were in the shoes of a repressed, persecuted, fearful black still living under white domination in the South YEARS after slavery was outlawed. My son read this book as a seventh grader and encouraged me to read it. I cried at the percussion of blacks under some whites. One family, the Logans, landowners stood up to the white persecutors and the suffering of the black family under some of the whites was heartbreaking. I recommend this book to young readers and adults alike. I can't wait to read the rest of the series. I promise you'll find this book well worth reading no matter your age!

Mildred Taylor is a fabulous author, and this is the first of a great series. The subsequent novels, Let the Circle Be Unbroken and The Road to Memphis are both good, but nothing touches this masterpiece. In it, the Logan family struggle as sharecroppers in the 1930s and face discrimination and racism as an African-American family.

The book has become a standard in most seventh grade classrooms across the United States, and with good reason. It's an eloquent, heartwrenching telling of a family's struggles told from the perspective of the CHILDREN. One of the more memorable scenes in the book involves a schoolbus of white children laughing as mud splashes across the Logans. Something about this strikes a chord with kids; they can relate to the bullying attitude that goes along with this kind of racism. It's reasons like this that make the book loved across so many different races--and understood by them as well.

I received this book in perfect condition as expected. The book did not have a single ripped page, bent corner, etc. Fast shipping as well!!!

I was very pleased with how quickly this package arrived and the book was in great shape. Thank you!

It a story of a sharecropping family in an era of racism. This book is a classic and a must get. Its a great book and easy read.