num_pages: 219
description: The only African-American faculty member of an exclusive New England boys' boarding school, Jerome Washington spends his life isolated from his peers and students, until the arrival of Rashid Bryson, a bright, young African-American student, forces him to come to terms with his own self-hatred as the two become embroiled in a tragic triangle with a new white female teacher, Jana Hansen. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Fall of Rome
titlecomplete: The Fall of Rome
genres: Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Boarding School, African American, Fiction, Race, Adult Fiction, African American Literature, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 624
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Pocket Books