Fire in the streets
By: Kekla Magoon
Edition: First Aladdin paperback edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781442422315
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Black Panther Party; Brothers and sisters; Juvenile fiction; Racism; Fiction; United States; Civil rights movements; Historical fiction; Siblings; African Americans; Civil rights; 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.

Ages 9-14.