The Other Side (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Other Side Friday, July 31 2009.

• Clover has always wondered why a fence separates the black side of town from the white side. But this summer when Annie, a white girl from the other side, begins to sit on the fence, Clover grows more curious about the reason why the fence is there and about the daring girl who sits on it, rain or shine. And one day, feeling very brave, Clover approaches Annie. After all, why should a fence stand in the way of friendship? Beautifully rendered in Earl B. Lewis's striking, lifelike watercolor illustrations, Jacqueline Woodson gives us a moving, lyrical narrative told in the hopeful voice of a child confused about the fence someone else has built in her yard and the racial tension that divides her world.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Other Side Saturday, July 25 2009.

• Added a contributor: Jacqueline Woodson: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Other Side Thursday, July 16 2009.

• That summer the fence that stretched through our town seemed bigger.