Fire in the Streets
| AUTHOR | Magoon, Kekla |
| PUBLISHER | Turtleback (01/01/2019) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Prebound) |
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What means more, shared values or shared blood? Maxie's choice changes everything in this acclaimed companion to The Rock and the River. Bad things happen in the heat, they say. Maxie knows all about how fire can erupt at a moment's notice, especially now, in the sweltering Chicago summer of 1968. She is a Black Panther--or at least she wants to be one. Maxie believes in the movement. She wants to belong. She wants to join the struggle. But everyone keeps telling her she's too young. At fourteen, she's allowed to help out in the office, but she certainly can't help patrol the streets. Then Maxie realizes that there is a traitor in their midst, and if she can figure out who it is, it may be her ticket to becoming a real Panther. But when she learns the truth, the knowledge threatens to destroy her world. Maxie must decide: Is becoming a Panther worth paying the ultimate price?
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ISBN-13:
9781663624109
ISBN-10:
1663624100
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Library Binding)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
352
Carton Quantity:
0
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African American & Black
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
Grade Level:
4th Grade
- 9th Grade
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level:
0
Point Value:
0
Guided Reading Level:
Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal:
FIC
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Right after Maxie and her first boyfriend Sam got into their first major fight, Sam's brother (and best friend) died in the fight for racial equality. At the end of "The Rock and the River, " Sam made his choice: to join the Black Panthers. Now, it's time for Maxie to tell her story.
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What means more, shared values or shared blood? Maxie's choice changes everything in this acclaimed companion to The Rock and the River. Bad things happen in the heat, they say. Maxie knows all about how fire can erupt at a moment's notice, especially now, in the sweltering Chicago summer of 1968. She is a Black Panther--or at least she wants to be one. Maxie believes in the movement. She wants to belong. She wants to join the struggle. But everyone keeps telling her she's too young. At fourteen, she's allowed to help out in the office, but she certainly can't help patrol the streets. Then Maxie realizes that there is a traitor in their midst, and if she can figure out who it is, it may be her ticket to becoming a real Panther. But when she learns the truth, the knowledge threatens to destroy her world. Maxie must decide: Is becoming a Panther worth paying the ultimate price?
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Author:
Magoon, Kekla
Kekla Magoon is the author of "Camo Girl "and "The Rock and the River", winner of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award. She is a New York City-based editor, speaker, and educator. In addition to writing fiction, Kekla leads writing workshops for youth and adults, writes non-fiction titles for the education market, and is the co-editor of YA & Children's Literature for "Hunger Mountain", the arts journal of Vermont College.
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