Night on Fire
Night on Fire
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Night on Fire

Written by Ronald Kidd
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9 - 13
Reading age
288
Page count
165
Words per page
600L
Lexile measure
Sep 1, 2015
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Thirteen-year-old Billie Simms doesn’t think her hometown of Anniston, Alabama, should be segregated, but few of the town’s residents share her opinion. As equality spreads across the country and the Civil Rights Movement gathers momentum, Billie can’t help but feel stuck—and helpless—in a stubborn town too set in its ways to realize that the world is passing it by. So when Billie learns that the Freedom Riders, a group of peace activists riding interstate buses to protest segregation, will be traveling through Anniston on their way to Montgomery, she thinks that maybe change is finally coming and her quiet little town will shed itself of its antiquated views. But what starts as a series of angry grumbles soon turns to brutality as Anniston residents show just how deep their racism runs. The Freedom Riders will resume their ride to Montgomery, and Billie is now faced with a choice: stand idly by in silence or take a stand for what she believes in. Through her own decisions and actions and a few unlikely friendships, Billie is about to come to grips with the deep-seated prejudice of those she once thought she knew, and with her own inherent racism that she didn’t even know she had.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780807570241
    Publication Date
    September 1, 2015
    Publisher
    Albert Whitman and Company
    Page Count
    288
    Words Per Page
    165
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    9 - 13 years
    Lexile® Level
    600L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~O
    ATOS® Book Level
    4.3
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    7
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    178138
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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