Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Deep Dive
As a beloved historical fiction novel that tackles a difficult and important aspect of American history, and that is often taught in schools, there’s a lot of background information to dive into with this book.
The reasons behind the attempts, sometimes successfully, have been made to ban this book are a mixed bag. From concerned parents of Black students, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry continues to be a heatedly debated book. The title’s listing in the ALA Report of the Top 10 Banned Books from the 2000s states that it’s most often cited for its use of language.
Notably, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is actually the fourth book in a multi-part series about the Logan family. While the third book is also narrated by Cassie Logan, her father and grandfather are the protagonists of the earlier books. If you’re interested in reading other books in the Logans series, you can see the full series listing on Goodreads, including the final addition to the series released in 2020.
If you’d like to learn more about how we created the prices of various products for our “The Price is Right: Vicksburg Market” game, the Taste of Home has a great resource on money and inflation from the early half of the 1900s. Try playing around with the time periods and see what prices were like when you were born.
