Night on Fire
by Ronald Kidd
Thirteen-year-old Billie Simms doesn't think her hometown of Anniston, Alabama, should... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2015
Word Count 47,417
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 600L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 178138
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Segregation--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Civil rights movements--Fiction
- Alabama--History--20th century--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Race relations--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Anniston (Ala.)--History--20th century--Fiction
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