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

Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year-the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she's black-to show Cassie that having a place of their own is the Logan family's lifeblood. It is the land that gives the Logans their courage and pride-no matter how others may degrade them, the Logans possess something no one can take away.


"Taylor . . . writes not with rancor or bitterness of indignities, but with pride, strength, and respect for humanity."-The New York Times Book Review