Fire from the Rock Contributor(s): Draper, Sharon (Author) |
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ISBN: 014241199X ISBN-13: 9780142411995 Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2008 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 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
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. |