Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

3.87 AVERAGE

carterizer0's review against another edition

3.0
dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

missymae1234's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

boolibrary's review against another edition

4.0
This is a great book for seventh or eight grade students.

mveatch6's review against another edition

4.0
This is an important book, and it's really, really good. As a kid, I was excited when I found out that there were more books about the Logans, because I wanted to find out more about their family. As a grownup, I wish that this book had more of an ending and less just stopping. Things are not resolved! But I guess that's what life is like, too.

Also, did Cassie seem really dumb to anyone else? I did not remember her being so dumb when I read this as a kid, but I shook my head at her a lot this time.

hyperweather's review against another edition

4.0
I never had to read this as a kid and that’s such a shame, what a great book for children to learn from. I hadn’t planned on reading more than this, for its Newbery honors, but I think I’ll probably pick up the rest of the series.
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cheybri's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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whitney_hutchings's review against another edition

3.0
~2.7~

4/27

nixazrael's review against another edition

4.0
It was a very thoughtful book. I liked it, unexpectedly, even though I usually don't like historical fiction.

kellyfurr's review against another edition

4.0
I loved the mental wrestle with how the author makes a terrible thing happen to a character that she spends most of the novel nudging you to dislike.
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bertharochestergraduates_8's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
I cannot believe I waited until adulthood to read this book. But the wait was worth the experience. It's quite heavy for a middle-grade/young adult book, but given the time it was written, and the era involved, I appreciate how Taylor refused to hinder the story by cleaning its reality. 

A must-read classic, even now.