Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Reader reviewed by Lisa , Mrs. Fleming

This book is takes place in Mississippi in 1933 and when the blacks and the whites goes to seprate school. The min character is Cassie Logan. Her mom is a teacher, but gets fired by Granger Harlan. T.J. Avery cheated in a history test and slipped the cheat sheet into Stacey Logan's desk when Ms. Logan came. Stacey got wipped and was really mad at T.J.

T.J. steals a purl pistol he always wanted from a store Mr. Barnett owns. It was really Melvin, and R.W. Avery's idea.When they were caught by Mr. Barnett the white kid killed Mr. Barnett and when T.J. said he was going home they beat him up. That late night, the Walleces came and took T.J., however there was a fire and Mr. Granger told all of them to stop the fire. The fire was really made by David Logan, dad of Cassie, and Mr. Morrison.

Cassie and her brothers, Stacey; Little Man; and Christopher - Jhon, never liked T.J. that much, but she cried in the end because he went to the Jail, even though he didn't kill Mr. Barnett. He was put into the chain Gang and he probably will die was what the dad told them.

Reader reviewed by Amanda

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is one of the worst books I've ever read. I read it in the 6th grade for school reading and it was very boring and stupid. I am not racist or anything, but I don't understand why this book won awards and interesting and popular books like The Princess Diaries or whatever, haven't.


According to my memory, "Roll of Thunder" is about the African-American Logan family. They love in the South (US) in the 1940s or so. The main focus is on Cassie, one of the middle children. The children I can remember are Christopher-John, Stacy, and Little Man. They live with their Mama and Big Ma. Their father is working on the railroad. The main idea of the story is that the kids must deal with prejudice against African-Americans. All of the chidlren bring it on and are involved in the crimes of the area.


This book is very awful. I can't believe anyone would start and finish it by choice. This is one of the worst books I've ever read right along with Bridge to Terebithia. It was just boring. I would only recommend this to a 12 and up year old with a research project to do.