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The rock and the river / Kekla Magoon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Magoon, Kekla.
- 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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