Let the Circle Be Unbroken

by Mildred D. Taylor

Paperback, 1991

Status

Available

Series

Logan Family (5)

Genres

Children's Books

All Topics

Fiction

Publication

Puffin Books (1991), Edition: 9.1.1991, 400 pages

Description

Four black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their parents the pride and self-respect they need to survive.

User reviews

LibraryThing member sanguinity

Sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, another installment in the saga of the Logan family, set in 1930s Mississippi.

It's difficult to summarize the plot on this one -- Taylor's plots are many-armed and rambly. Is this book about TJ's trial? About the suspicious man who showed up in town? About

the union? About *spoiler spoilering*? And the subplots -- the foreboding about Suzella, Wordell, Uncle Hammer -- would they get resolved? It wasn't until I was near the end of the book that I was able to guess which plotline Taylor considered the major one, and thus which plotlines might get wrapped up, and which wouldn't.

(For those who want the count: one did get wrapped up. Most didn't. This isn't much different than the plot wrap-up count on the previous book.)

However, neither this book nor Roll of Thunder is about wrapping up plotlines: these are installments in the continuing lives of the Logan family. As such, they're quite satisfying. I'm fine with waiting until Book 4 to find out what happens with *spoiler*, *spoiler*, and *spoiler*. And if Taylor doesn't tell me in Book 4, she'll get around to it eventually -- and in the meanwhile, I'll be enjoying my time with the Logan family.

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LibraryThing member shousers

Follow up to "Roll of Thunder..." and not as good. Now that I'm living in the South, the current forms of racism has become even more apparent after reading both this and "Roll of Thunder..." Glad I read it. Still a keeper.

LibraryThing member russelllindsey

A wonderful book from my childhood. I would also recommend "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry."

LibraryThing member ovistine

The continuation of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry", this one delves into some of the getting-older aspects of white-black interactions (white boys coming on to black girls; what happens when it's the other way around), as well as the growing pains of a young man who wants to be an adult contributor

to his family's means.

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LibraryThing member cvogl

In the continuation of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, events carried over into the novel and remain to revolve the same themes that were seen in the first books. This is just like the first book in that it reveals the social issues that were so evident during this time period. It further defines the

issues that were talked about in the first novel, going into more detail and using other characters for further emphasis. Moreover, it’s a good teaching tool if the first book has been used and there is a want/need for a longer unit on this particular time period and the issues that were included in it.

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LibraryThing member princessofthesea

Subject Area: History
Genre: Historical Fiction
Critique/Summary:
This book is an excellent example of historical fiction. The author weaves a plot centered around fictional characters in a real time and place in history. The story is interesting because the historical events include civil rights, the

Great Depression, and racism.
(Stars for Characterization)
Age: Middle School

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LibraryThing member rgruberexcel

RGG: Sequel to Roll of Thunder,… A little tedius, but no punches are pulled in describing the horrific racism of the 1930's.

LibraryThing member VikkiLaw

I'd forgotten how intense this book is. It's amazing (in a very bad, sad way) how many of the injustices depicted in the book remain oh-so-true today.

LibraryThing member katie1802

I struggled to read this for a really long time but pulled through and I absolutely love it.

LibraryThing member jennybeast

I loved these books as a kid. As an adult, I am astonished to discover that this is a series of more than 2 books, and that these aren't books 1 and 2. How on earth did I miss that? They stand alone really well.

LibraryThing member fingerpost

"Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry," was about as close to a perfect novel as you can get, so the next book in the Logan Family series had big shoes to fill. "Let teh Circle Be Unbroken" isn't quite up to par with its predecessor, but it's pretty darn close.
The first portion of the book is in effect, a

conclusion to the earlier book. It picks up right where the other left off, and as the Logan family gets on with their lives, we are told the rest of T.J.'s story as well.
After that, Stacey, the oldest of the children, is determined to get a job that pays money, so he can help out with the taxes on the family farm. When his parents forbid it, he runs away to go cut sugarcane in Louisiana. The family is distraught, and goes to great lengths to try to find their missing son. At the end, several separate plot lines begin to intertwine.
Most of the characters we met in earlier books are back, along with a few new ones. And this book is once again narrated in first person by the indomitable Cassie Loagan.

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