Explanation: A library catalog is a register of all bibliographic sources in a library (like books, files, maps, newspaper, etc). The main function of a library's card catalog is to enable a person to find a book (or another kind of bibliographic material) even if this person doesn't know all the information, in order to do that a card catalog usually includes the author, the title, the subject, date and city of publication and the call number.
The author describes the typical childhood that most Americans in the past. Honky was able to experience the segregation rules when he asked if he can call the infant of a black couple as his sister. He saw that the world was not as safe as his parents told him.
