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The rock and the river  Cover Image Book Book

The rock and the river / Kekla Magoon.

Magoon, Kekla. (Author).

Summary:

In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781416975823 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1416975829 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9781416978039 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1416978038 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 290 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Aladdin edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Aladdin, [2010]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Sequel: Fire in the streets.
Target Audience Note:
HL550L Lexile
Ages 9-14.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG+ 3.9 8 8 128762
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection
John Steptoe Award for New Talent, author, 2010.
Subject: Black Panther Party > Juvenile fiction.
Civil rights movements > Illinois > Chicago > Juvenile fiction.
Racism > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Juvenile fiction.
United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) > History > Juvenile fiction.
Black Panther Party > Fiction.
Civil rights movements > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Brothers > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
United States > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Brothers > Fiction.
United States > History > 20th century > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Civil rights movements > Fiction.
Civil rights > United States > History > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at York County Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Teens MAG Fiction (Text) 34007001706212 Teen Area Available -


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