Friendship and love; those two things are what is one of the most important things that every human could ever want to have. When that love and friendship is taken away from someone it can be really hard, especially when you’re just a kid. Two twelve-year-old girls whom have just became friend when the entered middle school in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1958 . The two girls were being separated because of their skin color. These two girls names are Marlee Nisbett and Elizabeth “Liz” Fullerton from the book The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine. Marlee and Liz are just two ordinary girls that shows friendship has not certain color. These best friends refuse to give up on each other; no matter what the cost is for the injustice that Liz and other African Americans face. Before
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Liz is being threatened in school, because people are saying that Liz is trying pass as being white so she could have a better education. Liz was taken out of school without even a goodbye; Liz is put in an all black school. Marlee decides that color doesn’t matter and she still wants the friendship that Liz and her have to continue. They made a plan to meet up secretly at the zoo by the lions, then from there they would go into a forest near the zoo to hang out every Tuesday. Even though their parents disapprove of it, because of how dangerous it was.
The threats still continue when Red, the school's bully, followed Maree and Liz to their hide out. Red had come across some dynamite, and threatens to blow Liz’s house up. Through a struggling battle, Marlee was able to get the dynamite from Red. Not knowing that Red still had two more dynamite. Red plants the dynamite in Betty Jean’s car, Marlee’s maid, knowing that they were going to be there; luckily nobody got hurt. Liz and Marlee continued to be friends, but they had to be apart; at least until all the segregation conflict
Liz is being threatened in school, because people are saying that Liz is trying pass as being white so she could have a better education. Liz was taken out of school without even a goodbye; Liz is put in an all black school. Marlee decides that color doesn’t matter and she still wants the friendship that Liz and her have to continue. They made a plan to meet up secretly at the zoo by the lions, then from there they would go into a forest near the zoo to hang out every Tuesday. Even though their parents disapprove of it, because of how dangerous it was.
The threats still continue when Red, the school's bully, followed Maree and Liz to their hide out. Red had come across some dynamite, and threatens to blow Liz’s house up. Through a struggling battle, Marlee was able to get the dynamite from Red. Not knowing that Red still had two more dynamite. Red plants the dynamite in Betty Jean’s car, Marlee’s maid, knowing that they were going to be there; luckily nobody got hurt. Liz and Marlee continued to be friends, but they had to be apart; at least until all the segregation conflict