INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Pérez, L. King

Remember As You Pass Me By

(4) 4-6 As Brown v. Board of Education is being argued in court, Silvy must confront bigotry closer to home: "Hughes Springs, Texas, does its level best to keep me and Mabelee apart," she thinks about her relationship with her African American best friend. The slice-of-life narrative can lose focus at times, but dialogue helps lend brutal authenticity to the tale.

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