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The Starplace — Vicki Grove
Quiver, Oklahoma, is a pretty town with an ugly secret.
IT'S THE EARLY 1960s AND FRANNIE HAS NEVER GIVEN much thought to the color of her skin -- until an African-American girl named Celeste moves to town. Celeste's father breaks all of Quiver's unofficial rules. He buys a house in the white part of town and sends Celeste to Frannie's all-white school. At first Frannie treats Celeste just like everyone else does -- she ignores her. But when the two girls are chosen to be in a special vocal. ensemble, they find themselves becoming friends. However, Frannie soon realizes that others in town are not so quick to accept the idea of racial integration. Will a dark secret that Frannie discovers about Quiver's past threaten the future of her friendship with Celeste?
IT'S THE EARLY 1960s AND FRANNIE HAS NEVER GIVEN much thought to the color of her skin -- until an African-American girl named Celeste moves to town. Celeste's father breaks all of Quiver's unofficial rules. He buys a house in the white part of town and sends Celeste to Frannie's all-white school. At first Frannie treats Celeste just like everyone else does -- she ignores her. But when the two girls are chosen to be in a special vocal. ensemble, they find themselves becoming friends. However, Frannie soon realizes that others in town are not so quick to accept the idea of racial integration. Will a dark secret that Frannie discovers about Quiver's past threaten the future of her friendship with Celeste?
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