especially from her family and her best friend

and on the French battlefield

as he shines his light for all the creatures of the night to do their work--from the cloud fluffers and singing crickets

Tobias and Adelheid (Dete's brother-in-law and sister)

we all literally need stories to survive

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Kid's Performing Arts Fiction especially from her family andWhy is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent yearthe year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she is blackto show Cassie that having a place of their own is the Logan family's lifeblood. It is the land that gives the Logans their courage and pride, for no matter how others may degrade them, the Logans possess something no one can take away.