are drawn with quiet affection and their actions tempered with a keen sense of human fallibility. 'The events and setting of the powerful novel are presented with such verisimilitude and the characters are so carefully drawn that one might assume the book to be autobiographical, if the author were not so young.' - The Horn Book Entirely through its own internal development, the novel shows the rich inner rewards of black pride, love, and independence.' - Booklist, starred review ★ 'This grows with convincing detail of character and situation, punctuated by tension-building incidents. 'Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, which became a Newbery Medal and Corretta Scott King Award winner and was a finalist for the National Book Award, has become a classic in the four and a half decades since its publication in 1976, helping generations of young people understand the vast gray area between slavery and freedom for Black Americans in the Jim Crow South.' - TIME One of TIME MAGAZINE's 100 Best YA Books of All Time His work has appeared in The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and The New Yorker. Nelson's other awards are gold and silver medals from the Society of Illustrators. He has previously chaired the international jury at the Bologna Childrens Book Fair and been a member of the jury at the Global Illustration Awards in China. He has received an NAACP Image Award, a CASEY Award, the 20 Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the 2009 Robert F. Kadir Nelson is a two-time Caldecott Honor Award recipient. Taylor now devotes her time to her family, writing, and what she terms 'the family ranch' in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Taylor was named the First Laureate of the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature. Times Book Prize and the PEN Award for Children's Literature. Her books have won numerous awards, among them a Newbery Medal (for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry), four Coretta Scott King Awards, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Taylor is the author of nine novels including The Road to Memphis, Let the Circle Be Unbroken, The Land, The Well, and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

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