Riot / Walter Dean Myers.
By: Myers, Walter Dean.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Egmont USA, 2009Description: 164 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781606840009 (trade : hardcover); 9781606840429 (lib. bdg.); 1606840002; 1606840428.Subject(s): 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 | New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- 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 | New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- 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 | New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction | Screenplays | Historical fictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction.DDC classification: [Fic] Summary: 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.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.
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