num_pages: 231
description: Sylvia Patterson is shocked and confused when she is asked to be one of the first black students to attend Central High School, which is scheduled to be integrated in September 1957, whether the citizens or governor of Arkansas like it or not. Before Sylvia makes her final decision, smoldering racial tension in the town ignites into flame. When the smoke clears, she sees clearly that nothing is going to stop the change from coming. It is up to her generation to make it happen, in as many different ways as there are colors in the world.
language: English
title: Fire from the Rock
titlecomplete: Fire from the Rock
genres: Historical, Cultural, Teen, Race, African American, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 1747
places: Arkansas
publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers