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A review by jenmangler
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
3.0
Marlee & Liz aren't supposed to be friends, and it's not safe to be friends, but they need each other. They help each other face their fears and grow. It really is a beautiful friendship.
I love that this book shows again and again how hard it is to do the right thing. There are all kinds of obstacles - personal, familial, societal - and The Lions of Little Rock didn't gloss over that. The fear the characters faced felt very real to me, which made their courage in the face of that fear all the more inspiring.
And I've just gotta add that I love Marlee so, so much. How could I not, when her mother takes her shopping for a new dress and she thinks, "...I would have preferred to have worn hand-me-downs from Judy and spent the money on a new package of graph paper, a box of pencils and a new protractor."? That's a geek girl after my own heart. And I love how her family and her teachers encourage her love of math and never make her feel like a freak. I wish every geek girl in the world had people in their lives like the people in Marlee's life.
Originally read: November 13-28, 2014
Reread: January 23-February 5, 2017
I love that this book shows again and again how hard it is to do the right thing. There are all kinds of obstacles - personal, familial, societal - and The Lions of Little Rock didn't gloss over that. The fear the characters faced felt very real to me, which made their courage in the face of that fear all the more inspiring.
And I've just gotta add that I love Marlee so, so much. How could I not, when her mother takes her shopping for a new dress and she thinks, "...I would have preferred to have worn hand-me-downs from Judy and spent the money on a new package of graph paper, a box of pencils and a new protractor."? That's a geek girl after my own heart. And I love how her family and her teachers encourage her love of math and never make her feel like a freak. I wish every geek girl in the world had people in their lives like the people in Marlee's life.
Originally read: November 13-28, 2014
Reread: January 23-February 5, 2017