# A Few Red Drops

**Author:** Claire Hartfield
**Grade range:** Grades 7–12
**First published:** 2018
**Page count:** 213
**ISBN-13:** `9780544785137`
**ISBN-10:** `0544785134`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-few-red-drops
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally floating close to the "white" beach. An angry white man began throwing stones at the boys, striking and killing one. Racial conflict on the beach erupted into days of urban violence that shook the city of Chicago to its foundations. This mesmerizing narrative draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of the explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture. Archival photos and prints, source notes, bibliography, index.

## Where this book is assigned

### Coretta Scott King Author Award

- **recommended** · 7th grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2019 CSK Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)
- **recommended** · 8th grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2019 CSK Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)
- **recommended** · 9th grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2019 CSK Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)
- **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2019 CSK Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)
- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2019 CSK Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: Coretta Scott King Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2019 CSK Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award)

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