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Fire from the Rock
Contributor(s): Draper, Sharon (Author)
ISBN: 014241199X     ISBN-13: 9780142411995
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
OUR PRICE:   $10.79  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: September 2008
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Annotation: In an emotional tale about integrity, justice, and determination ("KLATT"), Draper delivers a gripping novel about the integration of schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. Original.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - African American
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
- Young Adult Fiction | School & Education - General
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 760
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.54" W x 8.2" (0.54 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 116591
Reading Level: 5.0   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 9.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Sylvia is shocked and confused when she is asked to be one of the first black students to attend Central High School, which is scheduled to be integrated in the fall of 1957, whether people like it or not. Before Sylvia makes her final decision, smoldering racial tension in the town ignites into flame. When the smoke clears, she sees clearly that nothing is going to stop the change from coming. It is up to her generation to make it happen, in as many different ways as there are colors in the world.