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Hitchcock, Shannon

Ruby Lee & Me

217 pp. | Scholastic | January, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-78230-2 $16.99
(3) 4-6 Told from twelve-year-old Sarah Beth's perspective and drawn from the author's own childhood experiences of integration, this historical novel, set in 1969 North Carolina, explores Sarah's increasingly strained relationship with longtime friend Ruby Lee; Sarah is white, Ruby Lee is black, and Sarah's school has just hired its first African American teacher. The pair grapples with well-articulated themes of regret, forgiveness, and new beginnings.
Reviewer: Lauren Causey

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