About this book
In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City.
Subjects
Irish AmericansRace relationsDraft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863Racially mixed peopleMotion picture playsJuvenile fictionFictionRiotsAfrican AmericansHistoryChildren's fictionRace relations, fictionRacially mixed people, fictionRiots, fictionIrish americans, fictionNew york (n.y.), history, fictionAfrican americans, fiction