tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684053199404585788.post4616370511740540097..comments2023-10-20T05:08:23.530-07:00Comments on Katrina's Reads: Sunday Salon: My Thoughts on Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor and Challenge Round Upkatrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647610491252326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684053199404585788.post-6613692711112764552008-08-14T06:40:00.000-07:002008-08-14T06:40:00.000-07:00I haven't heard that title for a very, very long t...I haven't heard that title for a very, very long time and now I can't remember if I ever read it or not. I'll have to see if I can find it on-line to read (I don't live in the US, so libraries are out). Whether I have read it or not doesn't really matter. Subjects like this can't be repeated too often.TheBlackSheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13384038059799833795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684053199404585788.post-228399485777985722008-08-11T11:10:00.000-07:002008-08-11T11:10:00.000-07:00I am a former middle school teacher and the thing ...I am a former middle school teacher and the thing I most remember about the experience of guiding kids through Roll of Thunder was that my kids (mostly African-American kids living in suburbia) laughed at the dialect the book is written in-- and also, they simply could not believe that African-Americans had EVER been treated like that. I was shocked and told them to talk to their grandparents. <BR/><BR/>Beth Fehlbaum, author<BR/>Courage in Patience, a story of hope for those who have endured abuse<BR/>http://courageinpatience.blogspot.com<BR/>Chapter 1 is online!Beth Fehlbaum, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401887157741943814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684053199404585788.post-19868485392280818652008-08-11T05:18:00.000-07:002008-08-11T05:18:00.000-07:00I think I read this last year and was surprised as...I think I read this last year and was surprised as to how much I enjoyed this book. I'm looking forward to reading the sequels.Thoughts of Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572910467988997432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684053199404585788.post-60431704007505294802008-08-10T14:09:00.000-07:002008-08-10T14:09:00.000-07:00Yay, Katrina!!! Congrats on finishing the challen...Yay, Katrina!!! Congrats on finishing the challenge!<BR/><BR/>Mildred Taylor wrote the Logan saga far away from Mississippi. She vistited the state through stories told by her family. Although born in Mississippi, she came back to the state for the first time in 2004. She claimed her dad had a death threat against him and she was scared to enter the state. I wonder what she thought of Mississippi after returning. Did the stories match her perceptions? :D<BR/><BR/>Um, where's the <A HREF="http://maggiereads.blogspot.com/2008/06/state-of-mule-contest.html" REL="nofollow">mule</A>? I know <I>Roll of Thunder</I> has one!maggie moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462439415973311990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684053199404585788.post-31485120566294873192008-08-10T13:01:00.000-07:002008-08-10T13:01:00.000-07:00I'll have to keep an eye out, this is her only boo...I'll have to keep an eye out, this is her only book I had heard of. It's one that is taught in quite a few schools here too.<BR/>It was interesting to read something set after the war, which I had just finished reading about in Gone With the Wind.katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647610491252326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684053199404585788.post-42859260750418038292008-08-10T12:02:00.000-07:002008-08-10T12:02:00.000-07:00'Roll of Thunder' is one of the really great child...'Roll of Thunder' is one of the really great children's books, remarkable in the way in which Taylor judges what she can allow the reader to 'see', what is simply 'reported' and what she knows they are not yet ready to be exposed to. I taught it to undergrad students for ten or more years and they never failed to be moved by it. Have you read the other Taylor novel about the Logan family, such as 'Let the Circle Be Unbroken' and 'Road to Memphis? They are well worth seeking out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684053199404585788.post-17145419389362991462008-08-10T10:37:00.000-07:002008-08-10T10:37:00.000-07:00Love Roll of Thunder! This would be a great book f...Love Roll of Thunder! This would be a great book for discussion. Are you listening, Oprah?Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.com