THE OTHER SIDE
by Jacqueline Woodson
illustrated by E. B. Lewis
Putnam
ISBN: 0399231161
Age Level: 5-up

Clover doesn't understand why there's a fence that separates the black side of town and the white side. But she's about to find out the summer when she meets Annie, a white girl who begins to sit on the fence. Can a fence stand in the way of friendship?