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The Rock and the River Reprint Edition
Contributor(s): Magoon, Kekla (Author)

ISBN: 1416978038 ISBN-13: 9781416978039
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2010
Annotation: "The Rock and the River" is Kekla Magoon's poignant debut novel about an African-American boy's search for identity and brotherhood set in 1968 Chicago.

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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2008029170

Age Level: 9-14

Grade Level: 4-9

Lexile Measure: 550 HL (High-Low)

Series: Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent

Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.48" W x 7.66" L (0.55 lbs) 304 pages

Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 128762
Reading Level: 3.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award winner

In this "taut, eloquent first novel" (Booklist, starred review), a young Black boy wrestles with conflicting notions of revolution and family loyalty as he becomes involved with the Black Panthers in 1968 Chicago.

The Time: 1968
The Place: Chicago

For thirteen-year-old Sam, it's not easy being the son of known civil rights activist Roland Childs. Especially when his older (and best friend), Stick, begins to drift away from him for no apparent reason. And then it happens: Sam finds something that changes everything forever.

Sam has always had faith in his father, but when he finds literature about the Black Panthers under Stick's bed, he's not sure who to believe: his father or his best friend. Suddenly, nothing feels certain anymore.

Sam wants to believe that his father is right: You can effect change without using violence. But as time goes on, Sam grows weary of standing by and watching as his friends and family suffer at the hands of racism in their own community. Sam beings to explore the Panthers with Stick, but soon he's involved in something far more serious--and more dangerous--than he could have ever predicted. Sam is faced with a difficult decision. Will he follow his father or his brother? His mind or his heart? The rock or the river?

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.

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