Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry Appreciation

[r0yalty]

Loved this book, and the series of novels that were associated with it. Takes me back to memories of MS

 

[r0yalty]

 

[757bred]

Definitely appreciated.  I read the whole series, even the one when all the kids are grown.

 

[rexanglorum]

I really like that book and it was very interesting reading it back in middle school. It was a time when the teachers and student were allowed to use the "N word" and this was in 1997 before the internet had developed into place were peopel could type anonymous comments, before any online gaming where idiots could yell racial slurs behind the safety of their screen and before rap music became really popular where I lived, so you did not often here that word.

It was enjoyable as someone living in the late 1990's in a suburban town with a lot of Whites, Mexicans and Asians but very few black people, to read a book not just about black people living in the 1930's but to read about country black people living in the 1930's. I really knew very little about black culture before reading that book and that taught me a lot of things that I just did not know prior to reading it.

 

[airmaxpenny1]

Appreciated. I forgot what the son's name was but they did him foul.

 

[blackstilettos]

I loved this series, and still have them in my basement. Read them in the 8th grade. I feel like rereading them.

 

[downtown43]

yeah, this was a good one.

im glad the school system incorporated books like this that contained aspects of black culture and history into our education early on.

imo this is part of whats making younger people today more tolerant.