Title: The colors of the rain
Description: After his father is killed, Paulie is sent to live with his Aunt Bee in Houston, a city fighting desegregation, but as Paulie gets into fights with an African American boy, he is forced to accept that his father died defending his African American best friend.
Subjects: Race relations, Death, Fathers, Family life, Novels in verse, Fiction, Children's fiction
Places: Houston (Tex.)