Flying over water /
Hitchcock, Shannon.
Flying over water / by Shannon Hitchcock and N.H. Senzai. - New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2022] �2020 - 246 p. ; 20 cm.
Kirkus Starred, August 2020
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 sponsoring the Alwan family, and Noura's student ambassador in middle school; their inevitable culture clash is made far worse by the wave of hate crimes unleashed by the Muslim ban, and personal problems of both girls--Noura's fear of water (Jordyn is a champion swimmer) and Jordyn's worry over her mother's recent miscarriage.
5.7. 3-6 Follett School Solutions.
9781338617672
Refugees--Fiction.
Immigrants--Florida--Fiction.
Syrians--Fiction.
Immigration and emigration--Fiction.
Hate crimes--Fiction.
Mother-daughter relationship--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
PZ7.S47953 / Fl 2022
[Fic]
Flying over water / by Shannon Hitchcock and N.H. Senzai. - New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2022] �2020 - 246 p. ; 20 cm.
Kirkus Starred, August 2020
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 sponsoring the Alwan family, and Noura's student ambassador in middle school; their inevitable culture clash is made far worse by the wave of hate crimes unleashed by the Muslim ban, and personal problems of both girls--Noura's fear of water (Jordyn is a champion swimmer) and Jordyn's worry over her mother's recent miscarriage.
5.7. 3-6 Follett School Solutions.
9781338617672
Refugees--Fiction.
Immigrants--Florida--Fiction.
Syrians--Fiction.
Immigration and emigration--Fiction.
Hate crimes--Fiction.
Mother-daughter relationship--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
PZ7.S47953 / Fl 2022
[Fic]