Lives of our own by Lorri Hewett setting is in Dessina, Georgia around the time period of 1990's. The tone of the book is set as a serious tone because of the serious subject of racism. The theme of Lives of our own focusses around racism. The word racism is a word that means discrimanation, segragation, prejudice, and hatred towords someone or something. In the small community of Dessina, Georgia the racist tradtions still remains strong among the community. When a girl named a Shawns Riley moves to Dessina she incounters racism first hand. Because Shawna is african American she has to deal with the racism from the other kids at Dessina High School. When Shawna moves to Dessina she makes friends with all the African american students but none of the white students. In Dessina High School the colored students and the white students don't usually mix...