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Fire from the Rock | 
 enlarge | Author: Sharon Draper
Publisher: Puffin
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 237573
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 014241199X
EAN: 9780142411995
ASIN: 014241199X
Publication Date: September 18, 2008
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Product Description
Sylvia is shocked and confused when she is asked to be one of the first black students to attend Central High School, which is scheduled to be integrated in the fall of 1957, whether people like it or not. Before Sylvia makes her final decision, smoldering racial tension in the town ignites into flame. When the smoke clears, she sees clearly that nothing is going to stop the change from coming. It is up to her generation to make it happen, in as many different ways as there are colors in the world.
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Review of Fire From the Rock May 7, 2008
This was written in a very simple form, easy to understand. I liked the book and learned alot on how blacks were treated in that time and alot about integration but the ending was expecting and somewhat disappointing, I would of liked her to do something more with the book but it was good still.
 Disappointing Ending April 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was okay in my opinion. I am an 8th grade English teacher, and I was considering reading this book in place of Melba Beals' "Warriors Don't Cry." After pre-reading it, I realized that it really didn't have what I was looking for. It's almost like I was constantly reading it just to see if something exciting was going to happen. It wasn't horrible...but it just wasn't great...Sharon Draper Great...I was disappointed.
 Sharon Draper Writes Like a Man January 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Every time I had to put this book down I was in a funk until I was able to get back to it. The story was so engrosing that I found myself worrying about what was going to happen next. Sharon Draper is one of the few writers who can who can truly write for boys and girls. She tells the story, powerfully and eloquetly, and doesn't get bogged down in needless descriptions or self-indulgence. "Fire from the Rock" is the third or fourth book I've read by Ms. Draper and the one fault I find with her books is that I don't put them down until they're finished so I end up reading them too quickly and I have trouble finding another book to read that will be as satisfying.
Sharon Draper marvelously weaves fiction and history with so many twists and catches the only thing you can easily predict is that something will happen you didn't expect. This is a perfect book to help teenagers and tweens to understand not only the social climate that surrounded school integration, but the importance of the struggle for integration. This book should be on the required reading lists of every middle school and junior high across the country.
Yet another amazing book by Sharon Draper December 18, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a reading teacher, I am constantly looking for exciting young adult literature to expose my students to. Sharon Draper is my go to author many times. I was first introduced to her by her Hazelwood Triology. With "Fire from the Rock", Ms. Draper has elevated herself from an author who appeals to young adult readers by writing topics that they can relate to, to an author who also teaches them history in a way that they will actually pay attention to and get something out of it. In "Fire from the Rock", readers hear a first person as well as third person account of the struggle for segregation. This novel illustrates with such emotional beauty what it was like for the people in Little Rock who were personally experiencing the drama that most of America was watching unfold from the comfort and safety of their homes. A must read for parents and teenagers, and a perfect opportunity for a history lesson for a generation who seem to live with the mindset that the past should stay in the past.
Couldn't have been a better portrayal October 31, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Being that we were having Mrs. Sharon Draper herself come to our school as a guest speaker, I chose Fire From the Rock to read to all the 8th graders before her arrival. I can't tell you how riveting and realistic this story is. The references were chilling. The people were real. The plot was daunting. Our students loved this book. Many asked to read it again. What is the reality of 250 8th graders wanting to read a historical fiction book twice? If you want to give your students an inside peek to what was really going on during the Civil Rights Movement, this is an excellent book. Bravo Sharon Draper!
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