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Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, it is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence. It is a story of physical survival, but more important, it is a story of the survival of the human spirit. And, too, it is Cassie's story -- Cassie Logan, an independent girl raised by a family for whom independence is primary, a family determined not to relinquish their humanity simply because they are Black. Cassie has grown up protected, grown up strong, and so far grown up unaware that any white person could force her to be untrue to herself, could consider her inferior and treat her accordingly. It took the events of one turbulent year -- the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliated Cassie in public simply because she was Black -- to show Cassie why the land meant so much, why having a place of their own where they answered to no one permitted the Logans the luxuries of pride and courage their sharecropper neighbors couldn't afford and their white neighbors couldn't allow. Richly characterized, powerfully told, Mildred Taylor's novel is unforgettable. The Logans' story is at times warm and humorous, at times terrifying. It is a story of courage and love and pride, the story of one family's passionate determination not to be beaten down. -- Back cover.
This is a moving story -- one you will not easily forget -- about growing up in the deep south.
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Fiction, Juvenile fiction, African Americans, Race relations, Depressions, Prejudices, Logan family (Fictitious characters : Taylor), Blacks, Children's stories, Ficción, Southern States, Relaciones raciales, Afronorteamericanos, open_syllabus_project, The Thirties (20th century), Discrimination, African-American families, Racism, Prejudice, Rural families, African-American children, African-American girls, Familial love, Cassie Logan (Fictitious character), Determination (Personal quality), 1000blackgirlbooks, Mut, Diskriminierung, Grundeigentum, African American children, Mädchen, Südstaaten, Selbstbewusstsein, Weltwirtschaftskrise, Schwarze, Newbery Medal, History, Children's fiction, African americans, fiction, Prejudices, fiction, Depressions, fiction, Mississippi, fiction, Race relations, fiction, Family life, fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / General, Large type books, Juvenile literature, English fiction, Children's stories, English, Slavery, Stories for children, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, RURAL MISSISSIPPI, KIDS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, FICTION, Games, juvenile literature, Games, Classics, award:Newberry_award, award:Caldecott_award, award:Newbery_awardTimes
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: 40th Anniversary Special Edition
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
September 13, 2005, Listening Library (Audio)
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
April 2004, Tandem Library
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2001, Phyllis Fogelman Books
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2001, Dial Books
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Roll of thunder, hear my cry
2000, Library Reproduction Service
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Lloro Por LA Tierra/Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
October 1999, Tandem Library
School & Library Binding
in Spanish and Icelandic
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Unabridged Edition (Penguin Children's Classics)
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
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Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
February 1982, Bantam Doubleday Dell
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Roll of thunder, hear my cry
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Prentice Hall Library: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
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