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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)

Name: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)
Author: Mildred D. Taylor
ISBN: 9780142401125

by Mildred D. Taylor, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator), Jerry Pinkney

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Synopsis

The story of one African American family fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s.

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Entirely through its own internal development, the novel shows the rich inner rewards of black pride, love, and independence.

About the Author, Mildred D. Taylor

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.