"Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred Taylor is about a black family that was lucky enough to be settled in a cotton growing farmland set in Mississippi. The story shows how the warmth of one family is in direct contrast to the chilling hatred and violence that surrounds them. This fascinating and emotional novel is a novel that gives a true account of racism.

The story is about Cassie Logan and her family as she fights against the injustices of her society, during the American Depression. Cassie is forced into pools of mud every morning by the bus of a white school, Cassie and her brothers get their revenge, but as she soon finds out, justice is not always possible. Alongside her three brothers, Cassie witnesses great displays of racism and hatred directly towards her and others in her community and begins to learn both the...