Night on fire, Ronald Kidd
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Night on fire, Ronald Kidd
Language
eng
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Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Night on fire
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Ronald Kidd
Summary
Hoping that the arrival of Freedom Riders in her town will help her community shed its antiquated views, thirteen-year-old Billie is forced to confront her own mindset when things turn tragic"Personally I don't mind them coming here but they might bother some of my customers. Thirteen-year old Billie Sims has heard things like this all her life, from the grocer down the road, from her neighbors at church, from her parents. But Billie never understood what all the fuss was about. Why do blacks and whites have separate entrances to the bus station in her town of Anniston, Alabama? Why can't her friend Jarmaine, have a milk shake with her at Wikle's? When Billie hears about a group calling themselves the Freedom Riders passing through Anniston to protest segregation on buses, she thinks change could be coming. But instead of embracing change, Billie's town responds with violence, and she finds herself at Forsyth & Sons Grocery watching a bus burn. Shocked by the actions of people she thought she knew, she realizes that freedom has a cost. But is she brave enough to stand up and fight for it?"--Jacket
Target audience
juvenile
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- African Americans + Civil rights
- Juvenile works
- Race relations
- Freedom Rides (1961)
- Civil rights movements
- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Social change -- Juvenile fiction
- Southern States
- Fiction
- History
- Historical fiction
- Alabama
- Civil rights workers
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Freedom Rides, 1961 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Social change
- Alabama -- Race relations -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Freedom Rides, 1961 -- Juvenile fiction
- Violence -- Juvenile fiction
- 1900 - 1999
- Civil rights workers -- Fiction
- United States
- Violence
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- Fiction
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
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- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre4
- Subject31
- African Americans + Civil rights
- Juvenile works
- Race relations
- Freedom Rides (1961)
- Civil rights movements
- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Social change -- Juvenile fiction
- Southern States
- Fiction
- History
- Historical fiction
- Alabama
- Civil rights workers
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Freedom Rides, 1961 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Social change
- Alabama -- Race relations -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Freedom Rides, 1961 -- Juvenile fiction
- Violence -- Juvenile fiction
- 1900 - 1999
- Civil rights workers -- Fiction
- United States
- Violence
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- Fiction
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Content1
- Author1