Roll of thunder, hear my cry

Taylor, Mildred D. (author.). Woodson, Jacqueline, (writer of introduction.).

Summary: A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.

Record details

ISBN: 1432849255 (hardcover ; large print)
ISBN: 9781432849252 (hardcover ; large print)
Physical Description: 363 pages (large print) : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 23 cm.
Edition: 40th anniversary special edition.
Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
Copyright: ©1976

Content descriptions

General Note:

The 40th Anniversary special edition includes an introduction by Jacqueline Woodson, and author's notes and a "Logan family tree" before the text. Following the text is "Mildred D. Taylor's family album" including some of the author's family photographs. The text of the novel is otherwise identical to the original edition.

"The text of this Large Print edition is unabridged."--Title page verso.

Originally published: Dial Books for Young Readers.

Awards Note:

Newbery Medal, 1977.