Riot
Title
:
Riot
Personal Author EPSB
:
Walter Dean, Myers
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.
Year Published
:
2009
Physical Description
:
164 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Note
:
Written in screenplay format.
Subject
:
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.
Screenplays.
Geographic Term
:
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.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
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.
ISBN
:
9781606840009
9781606840429
Publisher
:
New York : Egmont USA, 2009.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Elizabeth Finch | F MYE | Book | 31459000112699 | Fiction |