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Direct linkBrooks, Wanda; Hampton, Gregory – Children's Literature in Education, 2005
This article presents a case study class response to Mildred Taylor's now classic and widely read novel, "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry." Through data collected during one school year, the ways urban, adolescent students use their contemporary lenses to interpret the literary theme of "confronting, overcoming and challenging racism" are discussed.…
Descriptors: Novels, Racial Bias, Reader Response, Adolescents
