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Kidd, Ronald

Night on Fire

269 pp. | Whitman | September, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8075-7024-1 $16.99
(3) 4-6 Billie, a thirteen-year-old tomboy who enjoys watching Greyhound buses wind through her small Alabama town, gradually becomes an ally to the Freedom Riders. She observes and befriends members of the group of civil rights activists while questioning why her own family continues to uphold racist beliefs. The story offers an intense window into civil rights–era violence from a Southern white girl's perspective.
Reviewer: Lauren Causey

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