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Fire from the rockFire from the rock

Fire from the rock

Sharon M. Draper

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In 1957, Sylvia Patterson's life--that of a normal African American teenager--is disrupted by the impending integration of Little Rock's Central High when she is selected to be one of the first black students to attend the previously all white school. Includes author's note and related websites.

Details

Publisher
Speak
ISBN-13
9781440651366
OL Work ID
OL15221676W

Subjects

Race relationsFamilyJuvenile fictionFamily lifeFictionSchoolsAfrican AmericansHistoryFamiliesSchool integrationChildren's fictionArkansas, fictionSchools, fictionFamily life, fictionAfrican americans, fictionRace relations, fiction

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