ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY

CASSIE LOGAN

• Cassie Logan is the first person narrator of this book.
• A first person narrator is someone who is telling the story using I and me.
• My favorite quote that Cassie said was, " That ole Lillian Jean Simms made me so mad I could just spit."
• Page 121

SETTING

• The Logan family lives in Mississippi on a cotton farm.
• This story takes place in the year of 1933.

PLOT

• "More than once when I had been in the wagon with
• Mama or Big Ma,we had to back off the bridge when a white
• family started across after we were already on it." Page 138
• "The Wallaces did that, children. They poured kerosene over Mr.Berry
• and his nephews and lit them afire." Page 98

THEME

• A theme for this book is family.
• Family is very important, especially in this time period.
• One example of family is Big Ma almost always in Cassie's room at
• night to look after her.

Did you know that China is the largest cotton producer?

By Michelle Boyer