The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award winnerIn 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?
KEKLA MAGOON is the award-winning author of the Robyn Hoodlum series and other young adult novels, including the Coretta Scott King Honor Book How It Went Down and the NAACP Image Award-nominated The Rock and the River. She also coauthored X: A Novel (with Ilyasah Shabazz), which garnered an NAACP Image Award and a Coretta Scott King Honor and was longlisted for the National Book Award. Kekla Magoon visits schools and libraries across the country and teaches writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts. www.keklamagoon.com@KeklaMagoon
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| ISBN 13 | 9781416978039 |
| ISBN 10 | 1416978038 |
| Title | The Rock and the River |
| Author | Kekla Magoon |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2010-04-06 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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