Fire from the Rock

Name: Fire from the Rock
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Sharon Draper
ISBN: 9780593341087

Author: Sharon Draper

Narrator: Lisa Renee Pitts

Unabridged: 7 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 11/24/2020

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, School & Education, African American & Black Fiction

Synopsis

Sylvia is shocked and confused when she is asked to be one of the first black students to attend Central High School, which is scheduled to be integrated in the fall of 1957, whether people like it or not. Before Sylvia makes her final decision, smoldering racial tension in the town ignites into flame. When the smoke clears, she sees clearly that nothing is going to stop the change from coming. It is up to her generation to make it happen, in as many different ways as there are colors in the world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Austin

The book Fire From the Rock by Sharon M. Drapper made in 2007 is a wonderful Historical Fiction book. In my opinion this book gets 4 out of 5 stars because this book was one of my favorite books that i have ever read, but it was not my favorite one that's why it gets 4 out of 5. Also because of how......more

Goodreads review by Karen

Sylvia Faye has been selected to be put on a very important list... a list that help change the country. It is 1957, and Sylvia lives in Little Rock, AR. She has been chosen to be one of the students to integrate the "White" Central High School. Sylvia is finishing her junior high years, and Draper......more

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"Draper offers an emotional tale about integrity, justice, and determination." -KLIATT