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.