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Summary: Awful book. Do not waste your time or money!
Review: Sorry this story has been told much better before. Try "To kill a Mockingbird" before wasting your time and money on this book. Characters are written without any shades of gray. Most of the white characters are evil. There is a token nice white man thrown in to make it somewhat PC!I found the episode where the main character Cassie beats up a white girl who has been verbally abusive to her disgusting. This book does not set the stage for a discussion of kindness, respect and understanding about racial injustice. Awful. Do not waste your time or money.
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Summary: Tamrah's review for Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Review: A sad but true very good book, that will have you laughing and crying with the Logans, as they get through their hard times, good times and in-between times.
If you have never read this book you must get ready for in-your-face racism dealing with the Wallace's who can't seem to accept the pride the Logsn's get from their land , that all people are created equal, that the Civil War is over, and that all white people are like them, like the only colorblind one in the family Jeremy who is the youngest Wallace andis friends' with the Logan children, then finally T.J. with his foolishess dealing with the older Wallace boys R.W. and Melvin who he swears are his friends.
On a scale from 1to 10 I would rate it a 15 . This Newberry Award winning book will have you wondereing,"What are these peple thinking?" and "Why would someone do that?"
If you don't beleive me you will just have to read the book yourself. I personally think people all around thr world should read this book , I enjoyed this book and I think you will too.
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Summary: Great!!!
Review: I'm glad our class read this book together, because my teacher explained a lot of things that were hard to understand, like the dialect. It made the book soooo much better than when I read the first sentence ("C'mon, Little Man, you go any slower and we gonna be late for school" or something like that). When I read the first sentence, I was like, "Yawn. How boring." But as we got later into Roll of Thunder, it grabbed my attention. I found all the characters, espcially Little Man (Cassie's 6 year old brother who is obsessed with being clean) and Christopher John (Cassie's seven year old brother who likes to eat). I also love the message and the storyline of the book. Some scenes were downright hilarious, while others were extremely serious.
Then, our class saw the movie, which is HORRIBLE compared to this book. They put scenes that were in the end in the beginning, and cut out some really important scenes. (Not to mention that Kaleb Wallace has a pink truck). So, I highly recommend this book if you're able to understand the dialect and big words. If you really have to see the movie, read the book first!!!! Hope I helped.
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Summary: A 5 star Must Read Book
Review: Samone Redfearn
April 15, 2003 The title of my book is Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry written by Mildred D. Taylor. I will be discussing the general plot, which includes the point of view, personality of the main character and the major conflict of the book and to end with the reason why I would encourage someone to read this book.
To begin with this book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is written in omniscient third person point of view. The overall personality of the main characters was caring, nice and at times feisty and most of all nosy. But at the same time if she was harmed in any kind of way she often sought revenge. To prove this point here's an example of what she was feeling toward a little girl of the opposite race that often tries to bully her because she's black. 'This second insult of the day was almost more then I could bear. Only the thought of Big Ma up in Mr. Jamison's office saved her lip.'
The major conflict of this book is some important land that Cassie and her family own. And by them being black and they have this land this makes them face the events of one horrifying year which was the year of the night riders and burnings. And in this year the humiliation from the little white girl, Lillian-Jean begins. But most important is that no matter how much others may have degraded them they possess something that no one can take from them.
In conclusion I think Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a great book to read because it shows how hard it was for the wealthy black families to survive because of the white people who were basically in charge of everything and didn't want them to have anything. But most of all it shows how strong that family was. And I think the purpose of the publishing of this book is to teach a valuable lesson that if you have something that means a lot to you and your family don't let anyone take that from you no matter how hard they may try.
I would strongly encourage others to pick up this book and read it. Beacuse it is defineatly a 5 star book. And as I said before it can teach a valuable lesson to people of any race.
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Summary: roll of thunder
Review: Out of 1-5 I would give this book a 4. I would do that because it's a really good book. This book is about a black family in the 1930's who live in Mississippi. The Logan family has to survive along with other black families has to fight to be equal with the white families. They also have to fight to keep their land. The land was given to Big Ma by her parents.
The story is told in Cassie's point of view. She is the main character and she is also the only girl child in her family, she has three brothers. She is just learning about racism. Before that point she never knew about how poorly blacks were treated by whites. She wanted to get revenge on everyone for what they were doing to her family and friends.
Her mother is a teacher at a school for blacks. Her father is away most of the year working at a railroad. Big Ma is her father's mother. Little man Christopher-John and Stacey are her brothers. T.J is a friend of staceys.
I liked this book because it really tells you what happened to african Americans and almost puts you in their shoes. Of all the books ive read on this subject this is my favorite one it wasn't a boring book it was interesting and made you always want to read more. I like it when the logan children get revenge on the white people. I also like this book because the characters are so realistic.
Its not a hard book to understand and its very exciting. The only part of the book I didn't like was the end. If you havent read this book you should read it because it is a very good book. I really enjoyed reading it.
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Summary: Thunder
Review: I really enjoy how the author writes the book from a black girl's point of view. I think this gives you a better idea of what was happening on the other side of the story. I like how she shows real conflicts between blacks and whites.
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Summary: What A Great Book
Review: Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry is one of the best books that I have ever read. It is up there with the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Mildred D. Taylor is at her best in this book. It gives a great perspective of the brutality and racism in the heart of the South in the 1930's.This book, unlike others , is not slow and boring in the beginning pages. It jumps right in on the dramatic brutality towards the blacks.It is 100% believable and very interesting.
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Summary: Roll of Thunder Hear My
Review: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry is an excellent book. It has a lot of different characters and they all have a different attitudes. For example, Cassie who is a nine year old girl, is very brave and will stand up for her family, while Little Man is a neat freak. I really enjoyed reading this book because you never know whats going to happen next. First, someones getting lit on fire, and then Papa's getting shot in the head. This book, for the most part, never has a dull point, something is always going on. Another good thing about this book is that it shows real life situations of African Americans and the horrible cruelty they were treated with. At this point in time most whites were racist against blacks and had no feelings toward them. I can't even believe that some of that stuff still happens today. I personally think that Mildred D. Taylor did a very good job in the making of this book and I'm glad it got a Newberry Medal.
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Summary: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Review: Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry is a great book. It has lots of facts about when African Americans were not treated as equals. Also about how bad the whites treated them. It is almost as good as the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Harry Potter. There is also a lot of action and excitement. This book never becomes dull and is a roller coaster ride the whole way. READ THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Valuable lessons for people of all races
Review: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry was one of my favorites as a child, and I still love it today. I think every child should read books like this to learn what it's like for others to endure racism. Then maybe they would think twice about making racist remarks. Growing up white in the South, I know this book helped me stand out from some of my friends and even family members who use the "n" word and in general believe the stereotypes. I plan to teach my future children about tolerance and love for all people, and this book is a tool I recommend for parents wishing to do the same.
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