The Rock and the River
by Kekla Magoon
In 1968, thirteen-year-old Sam’s dad is a Chicago Civil Rights activist who... read more
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2009
Word Count 59,211
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 550L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 128762
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Chicago
- Brothers
- Civil rights movements--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
- Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men
- Chicago (Ill.)
- African Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- African Americans
- Illinois
- History
- Brothers--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Black Panther Party
- Racism--Fiction
- United States
- Black Panther Party--Fiction
- Racism
- United States--History--20th century--Fiction
- Civil rights movements
- Lists With This Book
- Great Middle School Reads
- Civil Rights Movement
- Choice Texts Gr. 7
- YA Resists
- Living Through Big Changes
- Black History Secondary
- Multicultural Fiction for Young Adults
- Civil Rights Teaching
- Black Lives Matter: Black Villages
- Black Lives Matter: Restorative Justice
- Black Lives Matter: Collective Value
- Black Lives Matter: Empathy
- Black Lives Matter: Unapologetically Bla
- Black Lives Matter: Black Families
- Black Lives Matter: Intergenerational
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kekla Magoon about The Rock and the River
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kekla Magoon
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Reader's Theater Script from Kekla Magoon
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Study Guide from Kekla Magoon
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Discussion Guide from Coretta Scott King Book Awards
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Book Readings 2
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Dion Graham
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Awards & Distinctions 5

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Winner, 2021

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2021
New Talent Winner, 2010

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2010

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
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