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Little Rock, Arkansas

This place provides the setting of the novel and is the site of real-life tensions over public school integration in the late 1950s.

Lions

These animals symbolize courage and bravery. The narrator likes to listen to the sounds they make from the zoo near her house.

Black Crow's Feather

This object is given to the narrator by a friend as a sort of talisman to help inspire courage, bravery, and overcoming fear.

Drinks

The narrator uses these objects to classify different people she meets and to help her describe the people's personalities to herself.

Math

This subject is the narrator's favorite area of study and focusing on it helps her overcome fear and anxiety in uncomfortable situations.

The Rock Crusher

This place is the abandoned area where the narrator secretly meets Liz when the two are forbidden to see each other.

Dynamite

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