Review: Fire From The Rock By Sharon M. Draper

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Fire from the rock By sharon M. Draper In Fire From The Rock the main character is Sylvia, she is an African American, that has one brother named Gary and one little sister named Donna Jean. She can be considered a middle child, and is 16 years old. She one of many other students to be on the list for the integration of central high school. She does the right thing when she takes her name of the list at the end of the book, to have a normal highschool life. Reggie is another student that in the book and plays a big part in the book, because he accidentally bombs a store, with his own girlfriend in it, Sylvia. Later on he confesses and gets a little punishment and is charged only for vandalism crime. The book takes place in Little

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