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Fire in the Streets
By Magoon, Kekla
- ISBN
- 978-1-4424-2230-8
- Publisher
- Simon/Aladdin (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing)
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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on August 1, 2012
This companion novel to The Rock and the River is a sequel, but the action here is narrated by fourteen-year-old Maxie. Maxie lives for the Black Panthers. She’s willing to pay her dues performing mundane chores in the office, but she pines for the day she can accept responsibilities typically reserved for older members. In 1968, Chicago hosted the Democratic National Convention with its attendant riots, and the Panthers (with Maxie and h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012 | Older Fiction
In this companion to <i>The Rock and the River</i>, fourteen-year-old narrator Maxie pines for the day she will be given responsibili...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
