"Arkansas" . . "JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism." . . "Little Rock (Ark.)" . . . . . . . . . "Juvenile works"@en . "In 1957, Sylvia Patterson's life, that of a normal African American teenager, is disrupted by the impending integration of Little Rock's Central High when she is selected to be one of the first black students to attend the previously all white school. Includes author's note and related websites."@en . "Juvenile works" . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . . . . "In 1957, Sylvia Patterson's life--that of a normal African American teenager--is disrupted by the impending integration of Little Rock's Central High when she is selected to be one of the first black students to attend the previously all white school. Includes author's note and related websites."@en . "In 1957, Sylvia Patterson's life--that of a normal African American teenager--is disrupted by the impending integration of Little Rock's Central High when she is selected to be one of the first black students to attend the previously all white school. Includes author's note and related websites." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . "Fire from the rock" . "Fire from the rock"@en . . . . "Sylvia is shocked and confused when she is asked to be one of the first black students to attend Central High School, which is scheduled to be integrated in the fall of 1957, whether people like it or not. Before Sylvia makes her final decision, smoldering racial tension in the town ignites into flame. When the smoke clears, she sees clearly that nothing is going to stop the change from coming. It is up to her generation to make it happen, in as many different ways as there are colors in the world."@en . . . . . . . "Proofs (Printing)"@en . . . . "African American teenage girls Fiction." . . "1900 - 1999" . . "Integrated schools Fiction." . . "Children's stories." . .