111 pages 3 hours read

Sharon M. Draper

Fire from the Rock

Fiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

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Discussion/Analysis Prompt

If you were in Sylvia’s position, would you have chosen to help integrate Central High School? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and historical records to justify your reasoning.

Teaching Suggestion: Students can use this opportunity to make text-to-self connections and grapple with the novel’s themes of Different Ways of Combatting Racism and Courage and Community.

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