Fire in the Streets
by Magoon, Kekla
Series:NO OFFICIAL SERIES TITLE
Booklist Editors' ChoiceHistorical FictionU.S.Black PeopleYALSA Best Fiction for Young AdultsJunior Library Guild SelectionCanadian Children's Book Centre2012 Fall Jr./Sr. High
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AR Book Level
4.1
AR Points
8
Word Count
59,371
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
153163 EN
About this book
In the aftermath of Dr. King's death in 1968, 14-year-old Maxie longs to join the Chicago Black Panthers, whether her brother Raheem, ex-boyfriend Sam, or her friends like it, and is soon caught up in the antiwar and civil rights demonstrations.