The Blessing Deer
Clarisse and Ellen were best friends - because they liked the same things, took art together, and had been in the same homeroom for three years.What difference does it make that Clarisse was black and Ellen white? None. At least it hadn't. Not until that day Clarisse called Ellen , "A white honkey," and yelled, "We can never be friends again!"Suddenly all the rumors Ellen had heard in school about race riots seemed very real.Ellen wanted to run - to go somewhere she could start over again. Her aunt's home on an island in Canada seemed perfect. There was no hatred there. Just peace and quiet.Or so Ellen thought.
