The Rock and the River Summary
Kekla Magoon

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The Rock and the River Summary

Sam Childs is the thirteen-year-old son of civil rights activist Roland Childs. Sam's mother, Marjorie, stands next to her husband as he leads crowds of demonstrators in the methods of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sam's older brother, Steven, is known as Stick to Sam. The boys are close and, during one large demonstration, plan to slip away from the crowd. Before they can make their escape, there's a fight and...

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