Night on Fire
Published on 1. September 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-8075-7026-5 (ISBN)
Description
When thirteen-year-old Billie Sims learns that the Freedom Riders, a group of Negro and white activists riding interstate buses protesting segregation, will be traveling through Anniston on their way to Montgomery, she feels that perhaps change is finally coming and her quiet little town will finally shed itself of its antiquated views.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Morton Grove
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Fourth Grade to Sixth Grade
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8075-7026-5 (9780807570265)
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Person
Ronald Kidd is the author of fourteen novels for young readers, including the highly acclaimed Night on Fire and Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial. His novels of adventure, comedy, and mystery have received the Children's Choice Award, an Edgar Award nomination, and honors from the American Library Association, the International Reading Association, the Library of Congress, and the New York Public Library. He is a two-time O'Neill playwright who lives in Tennessee.