Fire in the streets
By: by Kekla Magoon
Edition: 1st Aladdin hardcover ed.
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781416990734
Subjects: Black Panther Party; Brothers and sisters; Juvenile fiction; Racism; Fiction; United States; Civil rights movements; African Americans; History
Description: In the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Chicago fourteen-year-old Maxie longs to join the Black Panthers, whether or not her brother Raheem, ex-boyfriend Sam, or her friends like it, and is soon caught up in the violence of anti-war and civil rights demonstrations.
Notes: Sequel to: The rock and the river.