Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Reader reviewed by Allie

This book is boring. The begining is slow and the chapters last FOREVER! I hated it. I had to read it for school. if it wasnt for school then i wouldnt have even finished the first page. you have to start out with an excting begining to bring the readers in. well this author didnt!

now to the positives, there isnt a lot though! the author gets her point on segregation across. also the end part of the book like the last few chapters are okay, but just ok!

i do NOT like historical fiction books so i was bored! if you do i dont know, you might like it. but other wise ROLL on out of there!

Reader reviewed by Ben - Liberty Jr. School, OH

The book Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry was very good, but I was very upset with the movie. One weak point was when the movie did not show the fight between Lillian Jean and Cassie. Another weak point was when they didnt have Stacey say trust me, that put trustworthiness as a theme in this book.

Some bad points in the movie were in the beginning it started with papas leg being broken. Another bad point was in the movie when they didnt show the poem.

However, they did cover most of the parts that happened in the book, it just wasnt in order. Also the ending was exactly how I visualized it while reading the book.

In my opinion, the movie was not good but the book was great. I would say the book is much better.

Ben B.
Liberty Junior School, OH

Reader reviewed by Horse ^_^

Roll of Tunder Har M Cy is about the way colored people had to live a long time ago. It is told by a 9 year old girl named Cassie Logan. She has dark skin and runs into lots of trouble with her brothers. she does not like the way she is treated because she is a diffrent color. There are mean white people that get a bus and she get almost run over by it. She can not sand the way way she is treated
nd there is a bit of action in this book when fighting acours whith Logan family and another. this book is good For people who like to read about that.

Reader reviewed by Amanda

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is one of the worst books I've ever read. I read it in the 6th grade for school reading and it was very boring and stupid. I am not racist or anything, but I don't understand why this book won awards and interesting and popular books like The Princess Diaries or whatever, haven't.


According to my memory, "Roll of Thunder" is about the African-American Logan family. They love in the South (US) in the 1940s or so. The main focus is on Cassie, one of the middle children. The children I can remember are Christopher-John, Stacy, and Little Man. They live with their Mama and Big Ma. Their father is working on the railroad. The main idea of the story is that the kids must deal with prejudice against African-Americans. All of the chidlren bring it on and are involved in the crimes of the area.


This book is very awful. I can't believe anyone would start and finish it by choice. This is one of the worst books I've ever read right along with Bridge to Terebithia. It was just boring. I would only recommend this to a 12 and up year old with a research project to do.