Fire in the streets

By Kekla Magoon

Subjects: Racism, Mystery and detective stories, Nancy Drew (Fictitious character), African Americans, African americans, fiction, Civil rights movements, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Black Panther Party, Voyages and travels, Railroads, United States, Fiction, Chicago (ill.), fiction, Children's fiction, Brothers and sisters, Civil rights movements, fiction, Nancy Drew (Fictional character), Juvenile fiction, Mystery fiction, History, Railroad travel, Detective and mystery stories

Description: In the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Chicago fourteen-year-old Maxie longs to join the Black Panthers, whether or not her brother Raheem, ex-boyfriend Sam, or her friends like it, and is soon caught up in the violence of anti-war and civil rights demonstrations.