The Rock and the River
New York : Aladdin, 2009.
Format: Book
Edition: First Aladdin edition.
Description: 290 pages ; 22 cm
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.
Subjects:
Black Panther Party -- Juvenile fiction.
Civil rights movements -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Black Panther Party -- Juvenile fiction.
Civil rights movements -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: Ages 9-14.
ISBN:
9781416975823 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TF Magoon | Sandhills Indoors | Teen Fiction | In |
John Steptoe New Talent Author Award Winner, 2010.
A Junior Library Guild selection
A Junior Library Guild selection