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Author:

Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)

Title:

Fire from the rock / Sharon M. Draper.

Publisher:

Speak,

Copyright Date:

2008, c2007

Description:

231 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Arkansas--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Family life--Arkansas--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Family life--Arkansas--Fiction.
School stories
Historical fiction.
Little Rock (Ark.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Little Rock (Ark.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Little Rock (Ark.)--History--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231).

Summary:

Sylvia Patterson's life suddenly changes with the integration of Little Rock's Central High in 1957 when she is selected to be one of the first black students to attend the previously all white school.

ISBN:

0329673300
9780329673307 (Follett bdg.)
014241199X
9780142411995 (pbk.)

Locations:

3HSX245 -- Denison High School (Denison)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)