TAYLOR MILDRED D.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

New York: The Dial Press, 1976. Hardcover. Burgundy hard boards with gilt lettering on spine. This is a book club edition with some minor edgewear on the spine ends and the name of the previous owner on the front free end-paper. Clean, bright interior with a solid binding. The DJ is very colorful, the spine has some sunning and there is edgewear and browning on the inside of the cover. "In all Mildred D. Taylor's unforgettable novels she recounts "not only the joy of growing up in a large and supportive family, but my own feelings of being faced with segregation and bigotry." Her Newbery Medal-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry tells the story of one African American family, fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s. "; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 2799

Catalogue: Juvenile Fiction, Race Relations

Keywords: African American Race Relations Fiction Juvenile / Young Adult Black History