The Lions of Little Rock

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		The Lions of Little Rock
		The Lions of Little Rock

"Satisfying, gratifying, touching, weighty—this authentic piece of work has got soul."—The New York Times Book Review

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.


Winner of the New-York Historical Society Children’s History Book Prize

A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice 


From the Trade Paperback edition.

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The debacle caused in Little Rock, Arkansas and the resistance to integrating schools is well known. It is not as widely known that the high schools actually shut down for an entire year because the school board was so dead set against integration. Levine brings us a story from the perspective of a middle school girl whose sister is sent to live with grandmother so that she does not lose a year of school.

She delves into the issues without sugar-coating anything, from the issues of "passing" as white, to the violence against both blacks and whites who support integration, to the great hope that comes from seeing people find their voices to finally speak out against what is not right.

Marlee becomes friends with a girl who is found to be "passing" as white. She pursues the friendship against the instructions of her parents, finds her voice, and becomes a key player in the fight to re-open the schools.

Inspiring book - don't miss it!

This book is FABULOUS! I assigned this as a reading for a college course in Children's Literature, and the response from my students was overwhelming! The book exceeded my expectations and is easily enjoyed my young adults and older students (I even enjoyed it and I am 40!!) Excellent themes on race and gender, lots of potential to do expansion activities in other content areas (mathematics, science, etc.). Highly recommended for teachers in 5th grade and above. :) Also, I contacted the author and she is willing to do a "meet the author" session with my students. I am so excited about this opportunity!!!

This book has so many layers that you won't be disappointed. It is about courage, friendship, integration, and fear. The lions are metaphors for a number of things in the story which I wouldn't have thought much about until taking a grad. Class in which we studied it in depth. My son that is in middle school enjoyed it as well. It is about a real time in history that I didn't know much about and it is very well written.

I truly enjoyed this story. The characters are vivid in my imagination as if it were a movie. It made me reflect on my own childhood in the 60s growing up in Mississippi. I think this book can help students of all kinds discuss this time in history and make a connection for where they are today. I recommend this book for 6th and up, although it could be a good read aloud for a parent and child that leads to some discussion about acceptance of others.

I lived in Alabama in 1960 when they were struggling over integration and this book certainly hit home. My family was military and I had a hard time understanding why any one thought it was bad to associate with people of different colors since we all lived side by side on the Air Force base. I loved this story.

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