If the Fire Comes: A Story of Segregation During the Great Depression

by Tracy Daley and Tracy Daley

Book Overview

It's 1935, and the Great Depression and California drought has left eleven-year-old Joseph McCoy shining shoes to help his family survive. Through his hard work and games with his sister, Joseph has figured out how to get by as one of the few black people in a mostly white community. But the order of the town is disrupted when an all-black Civilian Conservation Corps camp comes to Elsinore, sparking racial tension. It isn't long before prejudice spreads...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631633724
• ISBN13: 9781631633720
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Jolly Fish Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7