Why Is Your House Bigger Than Mine?

Why Is Your House Bigger than Mine? is a fictional narrative in which Sydnee Jenkins, a young precocious 12-year-old from one of Detroit’s most destitute neighborhoods, learns just why she lives in the ghetto, while all of her classmates live in the more affluent suburbs. When an argument sparks between her and a classmate, Sydnee, along with her intellectually endowed classmates, begins to understand the true meaning of the privileged” and the underprivileged,” and the difference between what’s equitable” and equal.” This quarrel opens up the doors of learning that cannot be found in a textbook, and it gives her teacher the autonomy to either teach about the issues or disregard the history that explains to us about white flight, blockbusting, redlining, and racial segregation that even exists to date.Riley, Latanya is the author of 'Why Is Your House Bigger Than Mine? ', published 2006 under ISBN 9781424155330 and ISBN 1424155339.