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Fire from the Rock
By Draper, Sharon M.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-52547-720-4
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Dutton Children's Books, c2007.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2007
Gr 6-9 Draper neatly intertwines history, pop culture, and emotion as she explores the turbulent era of Civil Rights through the eyes of an African-American teen. The year is 1957 and Sylvia Faye is chosen to be one of the first black students to enter Central High School in the racially charged town of Little Rock, AR, where the owner of the barbershop has "trained his dogs to attack Negroes." She i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
As Little Rock, Arkansas, prepares for school integration in 1957, African American Sylvia Patterson struggles to decide whether t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
