The Lions of Little Rock

Kristin Levine

Jan 2012 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

"Satisfying, gratifying, touching, weighty—this authentic piece of work has got soul."—The New York Times Book Review

As twelve-year-old Marlee starts middle school in 1958 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. But when Liz leaves school without even a good-bye, the rumor is that Liz was caught passing for white. Marlee decides that doesn't matter. She just wants her friend back. And to stay friends, Marlee and Liz are even willing to take on segregation and the dangers their friendship could bring to both their families.


Winner of the New-York Historical Society Children’s History Book Prize

A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice 

Ratings and reviews

This is taught me that if someone is different from other people by their color, DONT JUDGE THEM! It really matters about the inside only. Thank you writer for teaching me that and thank you guys for reading. I hope you guys get a similar message as mine. Writer, you write awesome books so, DONT GIVE UP! :-)

Really sweet and brave. Lovely story... But its also sad because I'm in middle school and there are people like them and others who think that its fine to put other people down, no matter how hard the teachers try to stop it before it begins. All I'm saying, is that segregation its still here!!! I'm glad there is someone who is bringing it to peoples attention through a book!!!....

Im reading this book in school for intensive and so far we are at where Marlee is trick-or-treating and finds Liz and her brother and they see red egging a house and J.T comes Liz runs and red forced Marlee to throw an egg. Im sooo curious to see what happens next!!!!!!! o_O

About the author

Kristin Levine, the author of ALA Best Book for Young Adults The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had, lives in Alexandria, Virginia.