Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

Riot / Walter Dean Myers. - New York : Egmont USA, 2009. - 164 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Written in screenplay format.

In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and an African father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against African-Americans and wealthy "swells" of New York City.

Young Adult Follett Library Resources

9781606840009 (trade : hardcover) 9781606840429 (lib. bdg.) 1606840002 1606840428

2009014638


Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863--Juvenile fiction.
Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed people--Juvenile fiction.
Riots--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Irish Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Racially mixed people--Fiction.
Riots--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Irish Americans--Fiction.
Motion picture plays.
Historical fiction.
Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Racially mixed people--Fiction.
Riots--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Irish Americans--Fiction.
Screenplays.
Historical fiction.


New York (N.Y.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--History--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PZ7.M992 / Rjo 2009

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