In which we read Witch of Blackbird Pond and Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. Feel free to post your own comments about these books to this posting.
Sent January 2007:
We had a cozy little meeting last night with Kate, Leah, Camille & Jenn T. sitting around the fireplace and sipping hot cider and eating cornbread and other snackies. Thanks to Camille for hosting and Kate & Leah for braving the cold to join us. As usual we had a good discussion of the books and felt that both had some interesting similarities with themes - prejudice, intolerance, family. An interesting theme that came up for Roll of Thunder was Quiet. We also discussed how these books, though written as historical fiction, really related to issues that were current at the time they were written: McCarthyism vs. witch trials; Civil Rights vs. Post-Slavery/Depression era issues.
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