Riot
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In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City.
Irish AmericansRace relationsDraft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863Racially mixed peopleMotion picture playsJuvenile fictionFictionRiotsAfrican AmericansHistoryChildren's fictionRace relations, fiction