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Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
Author: Mildred D. Taylor

Summary provided by [|Barnes & Noble]: 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 is 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, for no matter how others may degrade them, the Logans possess something no one can take away. A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand. 

Meet the Author provided by [|Barnes & Noble]:
 * Mildred D. Taylor ** is the author of eight previous novels and has garnered such awards a Newbery Medal, three Coretta Scott King Awards, and a // Boston Globe-Horn Book // award. She received her Master of Arts degree from the University of Colorado's School of Journalism and went on to work as a proofreader-editor program coordinator for an international house and a community free school. She now devotes her time to her family, writing, and what she terms the "family ranch" in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

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