A Few Red Drops (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780544785137)

This mesmerizing narrative nonfiction draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of an explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture.

Coretta Scott King Award winner * Carter G. Woodson Book Award from the National Council for the Social Studies

On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally floating close to the "white" beach. An angry white man began throwing stones at the boys, striking and killing one.

Racial conflict on the beach erupted into days of urban violence that shook the city of Chicago to its foundations.

A Few Red Drops is "readable, compelling history," The Horn Book wrote, adding that the book uses "meticulously chosen archival photos, documents, newspaper clippings, and quotes from multiple primary sources."

Includes archival photos and prints, source notes, bibliography, and an index.

Author: Claire Hartfield
ISBN-10: 0544785134
ISBN-13: 9780544785137
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 01/02/2018
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.30w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.9
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 500342 / Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2017
Booklist 11/01/2017 pg. 34
Publishers Weekly 11/13/2017
School Library Journal 12/01/2017
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2017 pg. 77 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2018 pg. 102
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2018 - Book Of Special Distinction
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average