Book
The Rock and the River
by Kekla Magoon
- Published
- 2009
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Pages
- 290
- Words
- 59211
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 3.9
- AR interest level
- MG+ — upper middle grades, 6–8
- Lexile
- 550L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 10–17
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.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781416975823
- ISBN-10
- 1416975829
Tags
ALSC NotablesCivil Rights MovementFamily Life-BrothersHistorical FictionHistory-American/U.S. HistoryPeople-African AmericanSocial Issues-Minority RightsUnited States-Illinois