The Lions of Little Rock
As twelve-year-old Marlee starts middle school in 1958 Little Rock, it feels like her whole world is falling apart. Until she meets Liz, the new girl at school. Liz is everything Marlee wishes she could be: she's brave, brash and always knows the right thing to say. But when Liz leaves school...
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As twelve-year-old Marlee starts middle school in 1958 Little Rock, it feels like her whole world is falling apart. Until she meets Liz, the new girl at school. Liz is everything Marlee wishes she could be: she's brave, brash and always knows the right thing to say. But when Liz leaves school without even a good-bye, the rumor is that Liz was caught passing for white. Marlee decides that doesn't matter. She just wants her friend back. And to stay friends, Marlee and Liz are even willing to take on segregation and the dangers their friendship could bring to both their families.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780142424353 (0142424358)
ASIN: 142424358
Publish date: January 10th 2013
Publisher: Puffin
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
African American,
Family
It’s 1958 and there is a whole lot going on in Marlee’s life in Little Rock, Arkansas. For starters, twelve-year old Marlee doesn’t do much talking, at least out loud. In fact people make fun of her because of this issue. Starting middle school, Marlee knows she’s going to have some issues with th...
This is a highly readable self-realization story set in the school year when Little Rock's high schools were closed to avoid integration. The events of that time are a huge part of the storyline, yet it's also an interesting look at friend and family relationships. I liked how the ending was tied to...
This makes me cherish how fortunate I am to have trailblazers come before me and allow change. Hearing these stories my parents talked about being mentioned in this book (color passing, segregation, integration) seemed to make this book even more real. I could not imagine a world where I could not g...
The author does a brilliant job of portraying the segregated south of the 1950s but the plot seems sometimes overly calculated and contrived. The whole thing with Red and the dynamite is superfluous and Marlene getting trapped in the trunk of Red's car is totally over the top.
I think this one has a really good chance for a Newbery prize or honor. It's a story with a bit of everything, humor, friendship, family, but most of all it's about doing what's right, even when it's terrifying. Marlee is just starting middle school in the fall of 1958, the year after the Little Roc...
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