Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Reading The Land influenced me to read Roll of thunder Hear my Cry ( and the next two books in the series) because the Logan family is such an inspiration and symbol of hard work and good faith especially in the time period that they live in. The setting is 1933 in Mississippi and Cassie Logan is the main protagonist in the book. She lives on the 400 acres of land that her mulatto grandfather Paul-Edward bought over 25 years ago with her parents, grandmother and 3 brothers. Usually a hot tempered soul, Cassie's life changes when she encounters the bitter truth of the south and the white people who resided there. Her older brother Stacy became distant to her and she didn't know how to handle not being so close to him anymore. And her family also has to deal with not getting their land taken away from Harlan Granger, one of the most powerful and rich white people in that section of Mississippi; jealous and resentful that a Negro family owns so much land- land that used to belong to his family before reconstruction. When you read this book, you will definitely feel like you are on the same journey Cassie had to travel. And the brutalities and cruelness that they encounter are just mountains that they have to climb over in order to be able to stand strong and keep their pride that was instilled with them forever, just like their land.