9 rows · · “Kristin Levine’s The Lions of Little Rock, the story of a black girl and a white girl who Brand: Penguin Young Readers Group. LIONS OF LITTLE ROCK KRISTIN LEVINE G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. · Levine’s tale takes place at a junior high school in the same district one year later, against a backdrop of racial tension and the continuing battle over school www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins.
In , the Arkansas governor closed the Little Rock public high schools in order to prevent integration, leaving students and teachers in limbo and the city divided. Kristin Levine's novel The Lions of Little Rock is about an unlikely friendship that develops during this tumultuous period of history. I am delighted to welcome author Kristin Levine to The Fourth Musketeer. Kristin was kind enough to answer some questions for me and the Fourth Musketeer readers about her newest historical fiction novel, set in Little Rock in Q: The Lions of Little Rock is your second historical fiction novel. The New York Times Book Review "Kristin Levine's The Lions of Little Rock, the story of a black girl and a white girl who become friends during the integration of that city's schools in , has been awarded the New-York Historical Society's first children's history book prize."--New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize Award.
“Kristin Levine’s The Lions of Little Rock, the story of a black girl and a white girl who become friends during the integration of that city’s schools in , has been awarded the New-York Historical Society’s first children’s history book prize.”—New-York Historical Society Children’s History Book Prize Award. The Lions of Little Rock () is the second novel by juvenile fiction author Kristin Levine. Other titles she has written include The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had (), Paper Cowboy (), and The Jigsaw Jungle (). The book is suitable for readers aged 10 to 13 and is categorized as Children’s American Historical Fiction, Children’s Prejudice and Racism Books, and Children’s Friendships. The Lions of Little Rock. As twelve-year-old Marlee starts middle school in 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.
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