Night on Fire |
Book Category:
Juvenile Fiction > General
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Author:
Ronald Kidd
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 10:
807570249
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ISBN 13:
9780807570241
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Price:
USD $16.99
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Publication Year:
2015
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Publisher Info
John Quattrocchi,
Albert Whitman & Company,250 S. Northwest Highway,
Park Ridge ,
Illinois - 60068,USA
Web: www.albertwhitman.com Key Contact Information
Patrick McPartland
Vice President
John Quattrocchi
President
When thirteen-year-old Billie Sims learns that the Freedom Riders, a group of peace activists riding interstate buses protesting segregation, will be traveling through Anniston on their way to Montgomery, she feels that perhaps change is finally coming and her quiet little town will finally shed itself of its antiquated views. But what starts as a series of angry grumbles soon turns to brutality, and Billie is forced to reconsider her own views.
Book Review and Awards
2016 Best Children's Books of the Year-Historical Fiction List, Bank Street College; 2016-2017 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Master List; 2016 Paterson Prize for Young People Grades 4-6; 2017-2018 Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award Master List; Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2016-CBC/NCSS; Kirkus Reviews starred review; Booklist starred review