The Color of Fire

Description:

Someone is setting fires in New York City ... In 1741, America is at war with Catholic Spain. Phoebe watches as her town erupts into mass hysteria when the whites in New York City accuse the black slaves of planning an uprising. With people implicating each other at every turn, Phoebe has to decide if she's willing to save her friend Cuffee from execution, or if her own conscience and quest for freedom will be singed by her indiscretions.

subjects: Children's fiction,  Friendship, fiction,  New york (n.y.), history, fiction,  Race relations,  Juvenile fiction,  Fiction,  Friendship,  History,  New york (state), history, fiction

Places: New York (N.Y.)

Times: Conspiracy of 1741