Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry – Book Review
Roll of Thunder, By Mildred T. Taylor
Summary
Roll of Thunder is an amazing and realistic book that captures the lives of a black family during the 1930s. It is beautifully written, and talks about the hardships that African-Americans had to face. We follow the narrator, a 9-year old black girl named Cassie, who tells a story about racism, segregation, and racial injustices that occurred to her and her family; and how they tried to solve them.
Review
This book takes me through a whirlwind of emotions, and has me feeling sad, happy, and angry for the characters. There is a good combination of entertainment, humor, and drama, which grasps my interest right away. And even though the book is historic, the way the author expressed all the details in such an intriguing fashion had me hooked; which is what made me like it so much.
Overall, this is one of the best books on history that I have read, and it is definitely recommended. But, there are lots of people that might find it offensive because of the extreme racism; though you have to keep in mind that this is how it was like back then, and the book is just an honest story about all that.