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Fire in the Streets Reprint Edition
Contributor(s): Magoon, Kekla (Author)
ISBN: 1442422319     ISBN-13: 9781442422315
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
OUR PRICE:   $8.09  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2013
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2011039129
Lexile Measure: 650
Physical Information: 0.96" H x 5.17" W x 7.66" (0.52 lbs) 352 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1960's
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Geographic Orientation - Illinois
- Locality - Chicago, Illinois
- Topical - Family
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 153163
Reading Level: 4.1   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 8.0
 
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Publisher Description:
What means more, shared values or shared blood? Maxie's choice changes everything in this acclaimed companion to The Rock and the River.

Bad things happen in the heat, they say.

Maxie knows all about how fire can erupt at a moment's notice, especially now, in the sweltering Chicago summer of 1968. She is a Black Panther--or at least she wants to be one. Maxie believes in the movement. She wants to belong. She wants to join the struggle. But everyone keeps telling her she's too young. At fourteen, she's allowed to help out in the office, but she certainly can't help patrol the streets. Then Maxie realizes that there is a traitor in their midst, and if she can figure out who it is, it may be her ticket to becoming a real Panther. But when she learns the truth, the knowledge threatens to destroy her world. Maxie must decide: Is becoming a Panther worth paying the ultimate price?


Contributor Bio(s): Magoon, Kekla: - Kekla Magoon has worked with youth-serving nonprofit organizations in New York City and Chicago. She holds an MFA in writing for children from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and her first novel, The Rock and the River, won the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe Award for New Talent. She resides in New York City and you can visit her at KeklaMagoon.com.