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Title The rock and the river / Kekla Magoon.
Author Magoon, Kekla.
Publication Info. New York : Aladdin, 2009.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Club Central  YA FIC MAG    Check Shelves
Edition 1st Aladdin ed.
Description 290 p. ; 22 cm.
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection
Audience Ages 9-14.
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.
Subject Civil rights movements -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile fiction.
Black Panther Party -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
Civil rights movements -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction.
Black Panther Party -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Brothers -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Fiction.
ISBN 9781416975823 (hardcover) : $15.99
1416975829 (hardcover) : $15.99