The Rock and the RiverCoretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award winner In this “taut, eloquent first novel” (Booklist, starred review), a young Black boy wrestles with conflicting notions of revolution and family loyalty as he becomes involved with the Black Panthers in 1968 Chicago. The Time: 1968 The Place: Chicago For thirteen-year-old Sam, it’s not easy being the son of known civil rights activist Roland Childs. Especially when his older (and best friend), Stick, begins to drift away from him for no apparent reason. And then it happens: Sam finds something that changes everything forever. Sam has always had faith in his father, but when he finds literature about the Black Panthers under Stick’s bed, he’s not sure who to believe: his father or his best friend. Suddenly, nothing feels certain anymore. Sam wants to believe that his father is right: You can effect change without using violence. But as time goes on, Sam grows weary of standing by and watching as his friends and family suffer at the hands of racism in their own community. Sam beings to explore the Panthers with Stick, but soon he’s involved in something far more serious—and more dangerous—than he could have ever predicted. Sam is faced with a difficult decision. Will he follow his father or his brother? His mind or his heart? The rock or the river? |
Contents
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Section 2 | 42 |
Section 3 | 56 |
Section 4 | 57 |
Section 5 | 75 |
Section 6 | 92 |
Section 7 | 108 |
Section 8 | 116 |
Section 16 | 189 |
Section 17 | 190 |
Section 18 | 200 |
Section 19 | 201 |
Section 20 | 212 |
Section 21 | 234 |
Section 22 | 247 |
Section 23 | 248 |
Section 9 | 140 |
Section 10 | 141 |
Section 11 | 153 |
Section 12 | 154 |
Section 13 | 165 |
Section 14 | 180 |
Section 15 | 181 |
Section 24 | 255 |
Section 25 | 263 |
Section 26 | 270 |
Section 27 | 285 |
Section 28 | 293 |
Section 29 | 295 |
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