Yes Cassie, I was cheering for you when that happened.ĭo yourself a favor, read this book and the rest of the series. I felt like a kid again when Cassie learned a few more things and taught Miz Lillian Jean a long overdue lesson. Seeing he doesn’t allow the hard heartedness of the people in his family to change him. Seeing him again throughout the rest of the book series, watching him grow up too. And poor Jeremy, if more hearts were like his. But it also still feels relevant even today. The characters reflect so much that was in the time period Cassie and her family grew up. It happened and you have to accept the fact that in the world outside this house, things are not always as we would have them to be.”

“Baby, you had to grow up a little today. Those moments when we start to understand more and more about life and living. When Cassie’s mom told her this, I just had to sit there and absorb the totality of that truth. I even asked myself to try to remember, like Cassie, when I learned some of those hard lessons and did a bit of growing up. The Logan Family feel so familiar, like my own in a way.

There are innumerable reasons why you should read Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry but I can’t possibly list them all. 💙You finished and there are more books to read in the series 💙Cassie and her siblings, her family, Uncle Hammer don’t do it because I don’t want anything to happen to you. Her ideas were always a bit too radical and her statements a bit too pointed.” Mary Logan is your mama and she reminds you of your own because she is “still considered by many of the other teachers as a disrupting maverick. ❕You don’t want a dirty book like Lil Man, something someone treated without care ❕ Your younger self is upset because you don’t remember reading this book when you were Cassie’s age Let me attempt to explain my feelings about this book. Yet I could not remember the book or the experience of reading it in my youth. Taylor is what I consider a classic in the middle grade canon. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Over the last few years, I realized the folly of such thinking and rich experience to be had when you read some good books that fall into said category.

I’ve often thought I’m much to old to read middle grade or YA books. Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, e-book on tablet with a list of books on The Zora Canon with a small glass cup of tea

Roll of thunder hear my cry book series