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    Circle of fire

    by William H. Hooks

    7 Members 6 Awards

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    Shortly before Christmas, 1936, eleven-year-old Harrison overhears a notorious local bigot planning a Ku Klux Klan raid on a band of Irish tinkers camped nearby and realizes he must do something to prevent it.

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    William H. Hooks
    56 Works 2,704 Members

    Awards and Honors

    Awards

    Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee – Intermediate – 1986)
    Cardinal Cup (Honor – 1983)
    Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
    Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)

    Notable Lists

    Library of Congress Children's Literature Center Children's Books (First Reading – 1982)
    NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (American History and Culture – 1983)

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    Genres
    Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Kids, Tween
    DDC/MDS
    813 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English
    LCC
    PZ7 .H7664 .C — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
    BISAC
    JUV JUVENILE FICTION General
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    7
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    Languages
    English
    Media
    Paper
    ISBNs
    1

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    Published
    1982
    Genres
    Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Kids, Tween
    DDC/MDS
    813
    LCC
    PZ7 .H7664 .C

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    William H. Hooks
    56 Works 2,704 Members

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