By Sharon Draper

"There are real people in Fire from the Rock with real emotions, fears, and frustrations during a period of crisis. All of America saw the front story on television and in the newsreels of the day. Draper tells the backstory, what was happening in the hearts and homes of the courageous families, and incredibly brave children who put themselves on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement. This is a story that needed to be told, and Sharon Draper has told it remarkably well." --Walter Dean Myers