Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

By Mildred D. Taylor

Categories: Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a novel by Mildred D. Taylor, first published in 1976. In Mississippi during the Great Depression, nine-year-old Cassie Logan learns about racism and injustice as her Black family struggles to keep the land they own. Through the year, she sees night riders, a boycott and violence against her neighbors, but also the strength and dignity of her family.

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• John Green: “I loved Mildred D. Taylor’s “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry” and Wilson Rawls’s “Where the Red Fern Grows.” As a kid, I loved books that made me cry.”