Blue Creek Farm
Carroll Thomas
In the late 1850s, with her mother dead and her brother riding for the Pony Express, Matty often finds that she must face all the dangers of pre-Civil War Kansas alone on the family farm.
Read Time: ~5.4 hr
Fire in the streets
by Kekla Magoon (2013)
About this book
In the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Chicago fourteen-year-old Maxie longs to join the Black Panthers, whether or not her brother Raheem, ex-boyfriend Sam, or her friends like it, and is soon caught up in the violence of anti-war and civil rights demonstrations.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreFire in the streets Lead Character
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