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Book 2008

Fire from the Rock

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Publisher
Penguin
Published
2008
  • Race relations
  • Family
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Family life
  • Fiction
  • Schools
  • African Americans
  • History

In 1957, Sylvia Patterson's life--that of a normal African American teenager--is disrupted by the impending integration of Little Rock's Central High when she is selected to be one of the first black students to attend the previously all white school. Includes author's note and related websites.