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Burning Up
Burning Up
Author: Caroline B. Cooney
This bestselling author explores the destructive nature of hatred, the crime of indifference, and the power of accepting love and responsibility. — Fifteen-year-old Macey Clare has always loved her quiet, beautiful Connecticut hometown. It's the place where her grandparents live, the place where her mother grew up. Macey is looking forward...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780440226871
ISBN-10: 0440226872
Publication Date: 1/9/2001
Pages: 240
Reading Level: Young Adult
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3.5 stars, based on 27 ratings
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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This book is not what I expected at all and that was a good thing. The basic theme of the book is racism and how we cannot be silent about it since traces of it still haunt our streets. After reading this book I was motivated to do something - to fight for anything I believe in. If you need motivation or a wake up call this book is it.
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I think all teenagers should read this powerful book about one priviledged teen's fight to stop racism in a modern-day town where no one will even admit that racism still exists.
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Aweseome, keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time.


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