Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor • Book 2 of the The Logan Family Saga
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1976
Word Count 65,606
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 920L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 136, 10.0 AR Points
- 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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Awards & Distinctions 5
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Selection, 2002
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2022
Author Honor, 1977
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2022
Winner, 1977
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