The Rock and the River
Written by Kekla Magoon, published by Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division
About
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In 1968 Chicago, Sam Childs is living in the shadows of two important people – his father, a civil rights activist working with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his older brother “Stick,” who has joined the Black Panther Party. These different approaches to achieving racial equality place Sam between the rock and the river.
Awards Won
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Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent
91´«Ã½The award is established to affirm new talent and to offer visibility to excellence in writing and/or illustration which otherwise might be formally unacknowledged within a given year within the structure of the two awards given annually by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee.
These books affirm new talent and offer visibility to excellence in writing or illustration at the beginning of a career as a published book creator.
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2010 - Winner(s) |
