Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine (Historical Fiction)

Lions of Little Rock    By Kristin Levine

Marlee, a 7th grader attending a junior high school watches as her older sister, Judy, is forced to leave town and attend high school where their grandmother lives after their public high school is closed to prevent black students from integrating the school for a second year. For Marlee, this seems the most traumatic thing that can happen to her, until she becomes friends with a new girl at school. A girl named Liz. Liz is different in that she challenges Marlee. Marlee soon must answer the question when do you have to stand up and when is it okay to keep quiet? 

Recommended for grades 6 and up.