Elizabeth “Liz” Fullerton, one of the main protagonists in The Lions of Little Rock, is a colored American that is looking for opportunity. This drive to make a better life for herself and her family leads her to an all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas called Westside Junior High. There she pretends to be white and meets many new friends. Though, when one of these so-called ‘friends’ finds out that she is colored, every person she has befriended, except for Marlee, turns their backs on Liz (Levine 62-63). Through these six words, I was trying to communicate the feeling of loneliness in Liz’s life as she becomes an outsider to both the white and black communities. Friendship is a main reason the book, The Lions of Little Rock, was created;
