The Resource The rock and the river, Kekla Magoon
The rock and the river, Kekla Magoon
Resource Information
The item The rock and the river, Kekla Magoon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System.This item is available to borrow from 12 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The rock and the river, Kekla Magoon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 12 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The rock and the river
- Title
- The rock and the river
- Statement of responsibility
- Kekla Magoon
- Title variation
- Rock & the river
- Subject
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- trueChicago, Illinois -- History -- 20th century
- Brothers -- Juvenile fiction
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCivil Rights Movement
- Civil rights movements -- Illinois | Chicago -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFathers and sons
- trueFourteen-year-old boys
- trueNonviolence
- truePolice brutality
- trueRacism
- Racism -- Juvenile fiction
- trueUnited States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAfrican American teenagers
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- Illinois | Chicago -- Juvenile fiction
- Black Panther Party -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBrothers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party
- Award
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- John Steptoe Award for New Talent, Author Category, 2010.
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2010
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2010
- Awards note
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 306764
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Magoon, Kekla
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.M2739
- LC item number
- Ro 2009
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 7
- 12
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Black Panther Party
- Civil rights movements
- Racism
- Brothers
- African Americans
- United States
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- The rock and the river, Kekla Magoon
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 290 p.
- Isbn
- 9781416975823
- Lccn
- 2008029170
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o227031585
- (Sirsi) o227031585
- (OCoLC)227031585
- Label
- The rock and the river, Kekla Magoon
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 290 p.
- Isbn
- 9781416975823
- Lccn
- 2008029170
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o227031585
- (Sirsi) o227031585
- (OCoLC)227031585
Subject
- trueChicago, Illinois -- History -- 20th century
- Brothers -- Juvenile fiction
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCivil Rights Movement
- Civil rights movements -- Illinois | Chicago -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFathers and sons
- trueFourteen-year-old boys
- trueNonviolence
- truePolice brutality
- trueRacism
- Racism -- Juvenile fiction
- trueUnited States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAfrican American teenagers
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- Illinois | Chicago -- Juvenile fiction
- Black Panther Party -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBrothers
Genre
Included in
- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Older Readers Category: 2010
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2010
- trueCoretta Scott King Award: John Steptoe Award for New Talent (Authors)
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