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- Hate crimes--Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction
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| Title Statement | Flying over water / by Shannon Hitchcock and N.H. Senzai. |
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| Author | Hitchcock, Shannon |
| Additional Contributors | Senzai, N. H |
| Publication | New York: Scholastic Press,2020. |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Extent of Item | 246 pages ; |
| ISBN | 1338617664 9781338617665 |
| Other Number | 3853929 |
| Audience & Ratings | Ages 8-12. |
| 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 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. |
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| By Topic | Refugee children--Juvenile fiction--Syria |
| Immigrant children--Juvenile fiction | |
| Syrians--Juvenile fiction--Florida | |
| Emigration and immigration--Juvenile fiction--Government policy | |
| Hate crimes--Juvenile fiction | |
| Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction | |
| Friendship--Juvenile fiction | |
| By Location | Florida--Juvenile fiction |
