Night on Fire
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Publication Year
2015
ISBN
9780807570241
Pages
288 pages
Genre
historical
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When thirteen-year-old Billie Sims learns that the Freedom Riders, a civil rights group protesting segregation on buses in the summer of 1961, will be traveling through Anniston, Alabama, she thinks change could be coming to her stubborn town. But what starts as angry grumbles soon turns to brutality, and Billie is forced to reconsider her own views.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships ; Racial Diversity; Single parent; Race discrimination; single mother; racism; segregation
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
African American / White
Family Formation
mother and father; single mother
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2016
Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2016
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, 2016-2017
Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award, 2018-2019
Nominee
Cybils Awards, 2015, Nominee, Middle Grade Fiction
Kirkus Book Award, 2015, Nominee, Young Reader
Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, 2016, Winner, Grades 4-6
Keywords
freedom rights; civil rights workers; Southern States; civil rights movement; violence; social change; African American; Alabama; race relations; Anniston
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Kidd, Ronald, "Night on Fire" (2015). Diverse Families. 900.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/900