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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
5.0
Cassie’s family has land, unusual for a African American family in 1933. They would do anything to hang on to the land. But they would also stand up for the right, not shopping at a store owned by night riders. Will it come to a choice between the land and their principles?
The complex individuals create a wonderful rich environment for the action in the book:
Big Ma, principled and practical hands her land on to her sons before she is anywhere near death so there is no doubt who it owns the land.
Mama, fired from her teaching because of her efforts to make hand-me-down books more exciting for her students and for teaching the truth of slavery
Papa, working the railroad until his organization of the store boycott motivates night riders to injure him.
Cassie, teller of the tale and firebrand whose mouth and principles get her into trouble.
Brothers Stacey, Christopher-John and Little Man learning the inequities of the white dominated South
Uncle Hammer, knows he can't live in the South with his temper
The complex individuals create a wonderful rich environment for the action in the book:
Big Ma, principled and practical hands her land on to her sons before she is anywhere near death so there is no doubt who it owns the land.
Mama, fired from her teaching because of her efforts to make hand-me-down books more exciting for her students and for teaching the truth of slavery
Papa, working the railroad until his organization of the store boycott motivates night riders to injure him.
Cassie, teller of the tale and firebrand whose mouth and principles get her into trouble.
Brothers Stacey, Christopher-John and Little Man learning the inequities of the white dominated South
Uncle Hammer, knows he can't live in the South with his temper