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The Lions Of Little Rock By Kristine Levine

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The Lions of Little Rock is a Historical fiction novel written by: Kristine Levine. It is about a twelve year old girl who turns thirteen named Marlee who lives in Little Rock, Arkansas during 1958 and develops a strong friendship with a colored girl named Liz. The author uses the plot and characters to open a variety of themes such as acceptance, courage, loyalty and cooperation.
The main character of the book Marlee, who is very shy faces on of her biggest fears, public speaking with the help of Liz, her best friend. On the day of the presentation Liz is “sick”, so her teacher offers her to write a paper on her topic but Marlee says “I want to do the presentation” (64). Marlee has shown courage and acceptance by still doing the oral report knowing Liz was colored. …show more content…

For example, Marlee lied to her dad by telling him she was going to the movies. She didn’t completely lie to him but she was very untruthful, because “I peddled faster trying to drive out the knowledge that I was disobeying my father (107)”. The reason Marlee was being dishonest with her dad because she went to the Gem, a colored movie theater with Liz and “you said you were going to the Gem, you didn’t say I couldn’t come. She had to work a real hard to get rid of that frown”, said Marlee (107). Marlee showed loyalty by showing up to a colored movie theater and showed the real value of their

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