The+Starplace

Title: **//The Starplace//** Author: Grove, Vicki Description: The story is set in early 1960’s Oklahoma. Frannie, a white girl, and Celeste, a black girl, are paired together to be in a special vocal performance. They start to become friends, but town secrets threaten to destroy that friendship. Genre: Fiction Questionable situation: Racism Opinions: Challenged at the Turner Elementary School in New Tampa, FL due to racism within the novel. ([]). It is a recommended read by the //Children’s Literature Review.// The //School Library Journal// calls it “ A wonderful, well-written, multilayered novel with lots of appeal." ([].)

Audience: ages 10 and up