The tone of the story, The Other Side, is lonesome and curious. Clover is lonesome because she cannot go to the other side of the fence and play with the Caucasian girl, Annie. However, she is curious to understand why she cannot go over and play. Segregation is the theme of the book. There is a barrier between blacks and whites. The fence Clover cannot climb over symbolizes that barrier. Annie said, “Someday somebody’s going to come and knock this old fence down.” Annie is using the fence to portray the barrier between ethnicities. She is stating someone is going to break down the barrier and all people of races will be together. The audience for this book is children. The author wrote this book to show children it does not