Read the excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
As I followed, Jeremy touched my arm timidly. "C-Cassie, you didn't have to do that. That—that ole Lillian Jean, she ain't worth it."
I stared at Jeremy, trying to understand him. But he shied away from me and ran down the road after his sister.
What need motivates Jeremy to say what he does to Cassie?
a need for respect
a need for safety
a need for justice
a need for revenge