Roll of thunder, hear my cry
Taylor, Mildred D.
Roll of thunder, hear my cry - New York : Puffin Books , 1991 - 276 p. : Puffin Books ; 1991
ALA notable, New York Times Book Review Best of Children's Books, nominated for the National Book Award, winner of the Pacific Northwest Young Readers Award
Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent yearthe year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she's blackto show Cassie that having a place of their own is the Logan family's lifeblood. It is the land that gives the Logans their courage and prideno matter how others may degrade them, the Logans possess something no one can take away.
English
Newberry medal
9780140348934
Racism---Fiction
Land ownership
JUV FIC TAY
Roll of thunder, hear my cry - New York : Puffin Books , 1991 - 276 p. : Puffin Books ; 1991
ALA notable, New York Times Book Review Best of Children's Books, nominated for the National Book Award, winner of the Pacific Northwest Young Readers Award
Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent yearthe year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she's blackto show Cassie that having a place of their own is the Logan family's lifeblood. It is the land that gives the Logans their courage and prideno matter how others may degrade them, the Logans possess something no one can take away.
English
Newberry medal
9780140348934
Racism---Fiction
Land ownership
JUV FIC TAY