Title: The red rose box
Description: In 1953, Leah Hopper dreams of leaving the poverty and segregation of her home in Sulphur, Louisiana, and when Aunt Olivia sends train tickets to Los Angeles as part of her tenth birthday present, Leah and her sister Ruth get a first taste of freedom.
Subjects: Poor families, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Segregation, Sisters, African American girls, African Americans, Historical fiction, Children's fiction, Sisters, fiction
Places: Los Angeles (Calif.), Louisiana