Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor • Book 2 of the The Logan Family Saga
Mildred D. Taylor’s Logan family saga began in 1975 with publication of the... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 1976
Word Count 65,606
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 920L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 136
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Prejudices
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Depressions
- Prejudices--Fiction
- Mississippi
- African Americans
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Depressions--1929--Fiction
- Race relations--Fiction
- Mississippi--History--20th century--Fiction
- Race relations
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- 1929
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- ELA Text Exemplars, 6-8
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- Images of Community
- African American Heritage and Culture
- CCS-Novels Available in the English 6-12
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- Challenged Children's Books
- Current PAUSD Lit List
- 6th Grade LDG
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- Ratteree Elementary and Middle School Cl
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- Black History Secondary
- Summer 2020 Grade 6 Accelerated ELA Unit
- 8th Grade Suggested Reading 2020-21
- SpringBoard, Grade 6, Unit 1
- 8th Grade Novel Selections By Unit
- 8th Grade Novel Selections By Unit
- MCPS Grade 7 Honors Titles
- Middle School Approved Novel List
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Awards & Distinctions 5

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2020
Author Honor, 1977

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2020
Winner, 1977
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