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The rock and the river / Kekla Magoon.

Van Pelt Library PZ7.M2739 Ro 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Magoon, Kekla.
Contributor:
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Black Panther Party--Juvenile fiction.
Black Panther Party.
Black Panther Party--Fiction.
Civil rights movements--Illinois--Chicago--Juvenile fiction.
Civil rights movements.
Racism against Black people--Juvenile fiction.
Racism against Black people.
Brothers--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers.
African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans.
United States--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
United States.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--Juvenile fiction.
Chicago (Ill.).
Children's stories, American--20th century.
Children's stories, American.
Civil rights movements--Fiction.
Racism--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
United States--History--20th century--Fiction.
Illinois--Chicago.
Genre:
Young adult fiction.
Tayshas Reading List, 2011.
Coretta Scott King Author Award winners.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Dust jackets (Binding) -- 2009.
Physical Description:
290 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
1st Aladdin ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Aladdin, 2009.
Summary:
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.
Notes:
Sequel: Fire in the streets.
A Junior Library Guild selection
John Steptoe Award for New Talent, author, 2010.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
ISBN:
9781416975823
1416975829
9781416978039
1416978038
9780329760885
0329760882
OCLC:
227031585
Publisher Number:
99990762183

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