The rock and the river /

Magoon, Kekla.

The rock and the river / Kekla Magoon. - 1st Aladdin pbk. ed. - New York : Aladdin, 2010, c2009. - 290 p. ; 20 cm.

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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.

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9781416978039


Black Panther Party--Fiction.


Civil rights movements--Fiction.
Racism--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.


United States--History--20th century--Fiction.

PZ7.M2739 / Ro 2010

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