Hitchcock, Shannon
Summary: When a formerly segregated North Carolina town hires its first African-American teacher in 1969, two girls--one black, one white--confront the prejudice that challenges their friendship.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HITHitchcock, Shannon
Summary: Twelve-year-old Noura and her family, fleeing war in Syria, have been granted asylum in the United States, but they arrive in Florida to the chaos of the president's Muslim ban; twelve-year-old Jordyn is a member of the Christian church that is sponsoringthe Alwan family, and Noura's student ambassador in middle school; their inevitable culture clash is made far worse by the wave of hate crimes...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HITHitchcock, Shannon
Summary: From the moment she met Samantha, star of the school basketball team, on her first day at Daniel Boone Middle School, Allison Drake felt she had found a friend, something she needs badly since her brother died and her father left--but as their friendshipgrows it begins to evolve into a deeper emotion, and in North Carolina in 1977, it is not easy to discover that you might be gay.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HITHitchcock, Jane Stanton.
Summary: "A serial killer is on the loose in Washington, D.C. The latest female victim has just been found in Georgetown, the social heart of the nation's capitol. That's how Reven Lynch, a well brought up society insider with a thriving high-end antique shop, meets George Gunner, a canny detective with the style of a hip-hop star, assigned to a special task force investigating the murders. Gunner is...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2009