Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Reader reviewed by Taylor/ Mrs.Fleming's class

Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry was an amazing book. A book told by Casie Logan and her family trying to survive in the heat of Mississippi during 1930's.

Cassie and family bought 400 acers of land from Mr.Granger but have only managed to pay off 200 so far. Mr.Granger's grandson wants the land back and will do anything to get it. But that isn't the only problem. Cassie's brother, Stacey's friend T.J. has been having a few problems with the whites. When worst comes to worst and T.J. is tricked Cassie's dad has to do something to save him. But what will he do?

Reader reviewed by Alexis/Fleming class

I think this book was very interesting because when you start reading it, it is almost like you don't want to put it down until you're done. It also doesn't leave you hanging at the end. I think this is a great book to read because it kind of tells you about how life use to be as a black person living in segregation. That is why I think Roll Of Thunder Hear, My Cry is an interesting.

Reader reviewed by Hannah V.

Roll of Thunder,Hear My Cry

By: Hannah Ventura

"Roll of Thunder,Hear My Cry" is a book reflecting segregation.Time are hard here.It's very sad for the people living here.
Chapter 1 is mostly about the reader meeting the main characters: The Logan children.It's their first day of school and they get new teachers and class mates.Normal,right? WRONG!Cassie, one of the Logans,Stands up for her brother,Little Man, in the next room because he doesn't like the book he recives. So they both end up getting wopped.Later on,Stacey's, the oldest logan,Best friend T.J., Decides to cheat on a huge test coming up.BUT, he decides to hand the answers over to Stacey, RIGHT before the teachers come to take up the test.Right then and there, POW! Stacey HATES T.J. now! Now T.J. is so mad, that he decides to join a group that gets into to much trouble. In the end it turns out that he gets in so much trouble he has to be hung! Uh oh! so many things happen in a few months.

This is a good book.I recommend this to many kids! Thanks for reading!   

 

Reader reviewed by Tanner

In this book a young girl, by the name of Cassie Logan has many adventures.At first she is being held down. She is black so she has to walk instead of riding on a bus. The white kids enjoy splashing her with mud,but she doesn't know there is many worse things to come. m    

Reader reviewed by Samantha

             Cassie a black girl in a free famliy struugles to understand that white is higher than black in her world. She has a problm with a bus that carries white kids and takes care of it her way .Cassie begins to relize that even though white people have more power, she has her own room to manuver in.After reading this book we see that if any one is given a chance they can do a lot with it regardless of there race.
               This book is a very good book because you can feel the characters feelings . It is like you are right there in the book.It coonects to things in real life that make it realisticRoll of Thunder Hear My Cry has a kind of pride and strength tha tno other book has.you need to read it!
              

Reader reviewed by Conalien

I honestley think you should only read this book only if you have spare time on your hands. This book takes place in Mississippi where Cassie Logan goes through life with her family without her dad. Along the way she encounters humilation from the whites that are killing and even burning blacks homes and what they hold dearest to themselves thier land .

Reader reviewed by Lisa , Mrs. Fleming

This book is takes place in Mississippi in 1933 and when the blacks and the whites goes to seprate school. The min character is Cassie Logan. Her mom is a teacher, but gets fired by Granger Harlan. T.J. Avery cheated in a history test and slipped the cheat sheet into Stacey Logan's desk when Ms. Logan came. Stacey got wipped and was really mad at T.J.

T.J. steals a purl pistol he always wanted from a store Mr. Barnett owns. It was really Melvin, and R.W. Avery's idea.When they were caught by Mr. Barnett the white kid killed Mr. Barnett and when T.J. said he was going home they beat him up. That late night, the Walleces came and took T.J., however there was a fire and Mr. Granger told all of them to stop the fire. The fire was really made by David Logan, dad of Cassie, and Mr. Morrison.

Cassie and her brothers, Stacey; Little Man; and Christopher - Jhon, never liked T.J. that much, but she cried in the end because he went to the Jail, even though he didn't kill Mr. Barnett. He was put into the chain Gang and he probably will die was what the dad told them.

Reader reviewed by Kayleigh/ Mrs. Flemings Class

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a book that takes place in Mississippi in 1933. It is about a nine-year-old girl named Cassie Logan who gets angry when people treat her differently because she is black. Growing up, it is hard for Cassie to watch white children get better things than her. For example, her school, Great Faith, is for black children. Most of the time black schools didn't even get books, But when they do they are used an all beat up. There are even bad words for black people written in them. There are also good things that happens in her life like having loving parents and three brothers!

Reader reviewed by Ams

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, is one of my favorite books. It takes place around the 1930's, when the town that The Logan family was still deeply segregated. Through the book, the Logan's experience the prejudice that they always have had against them all their lives, but it grows when a close friend of the family is in a life or death situation. I think that this is a great book, becasue it expresses something that we are not used to.

Reader reviewed by stellargurl

we read this book in my reading class this year and i absolutely loved it. its a tale of adventures, courage, bravery and finding out who your best friends really are. cassie and her family go through hard time during this civil rights book. they have to go through life living in a place where blacks are hated, the only thing that keeps them going is the land they own. this is a trio by the way and i plan on reading the other 2books.