THE ROCK IN THE RIVER
kekla magoon
summary
This book is about the civil rights movement. Sam and Steven are the kids of one of the the civil rights leaders.There is Dr. martin Luther king Jr. Martin gets assassinated and Sam and steven are a part of a black rights movement called the black panthers.
Powerful
The part that is powerful is when bucky and the cops got into a fight. Sam was walking with maxie and bucky was going to work and bumped into a cop and then got beaten. Also got thrown in jail. Powerful because sam did not know what to do. In conclusion this book was very good and filled with information.