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It's the last day of school, 1954, and Rosemary has just learned that next year she'll be going to a brand new integrated school. She's a little nervous about it, but everyone keeps telling her now nice this new school will be and how it's a great opportunity. Rosemary's sure she can handle it as long as her best friend J.J. is by her side. But then just before school starts, J.J. is stricken with polio and Rosemary learns that she'll be going to this new school by herself, the only black kid in her class. And what's worse? On her first day she discovers that Grace the Tasteless, one of the relentless Hamilton siblings that's made Rosemary's life miserable, is in her class and assigned to sit right next to her. As the school year goes on, Rosemary and Grace realize that maybe they have more in common than they thought... I enjoyed this book about school integration. I think it's definitely a book about an important subject, but I could see it more being used to supplement educational curriculum than being picked up for pleasure.

The fact that I had to read this book TWICE in college, made it a necessity on the booklist.