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The Rock and the River
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ISBN10: 1416975829
ISBN13: 9781416975823
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: Jan 6 2009
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.85
Height: 1.05 Width: 5.98 Depth: 8.58
Language: English
Awards: Black-Eyed Susan Award, Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Coretta Scott King Award, Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, Georgia Children's Book Award, Grand Canyon Reader Award, Nutmeg Book Award, Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Tayshas Reading, Virginia Readers Choice Award
ISBN13: 9781416975823
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: Jan 6 2009
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.85
Height: 1.05 Width: 5.98 Depth: 8.58
Language: English
Awards: Black-Eyed Susan Award, Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Coretta Scott King Award, Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, Georgia Children's Book Award, Grand Canyon Reader Award, Nutmeg Book Award, Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Tayshas Reading, Virginia Readers Choice Award
Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award winner In this taut, eloquent first novel (Booklist, starred review), a young Black boy wrestles with conflicting notions of revolution and family loyalty as he becomes involved with the Black Panthers in 1968 Chicago. The Time: 1968
The Place: Chicago For thirteen-year-old Sam, it's not easy being the son of known civil rights activist Roland Childs. Especially when his older (and best friend), Stick, begins to drift away from him for no apparent reason. And then it happens: Sam finds something that changes everything forever. Sam has always had faith in his father, but when he finds literature about the Black Panthers under Stick's bed, he's not sure who to believe: his father or his best friend. Suddenly, nothing feels certain anymore. Sam wants to believe that his father is right: You can effect change without using violence. But as time goes on, Sam grows weary of standing by and watching as his friends and family suffer at the hands of racism in their own community. Sam beings to explore the Panthers with Stick, but soon he's involved in something far more serious--and more dangerous--than he could have ever predicted. Sam is faced with a difficult decision. Will he follow his father or his brother? His mind or his heart? The rock or the river?
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