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New boy

1970s, in a suburban D.C. schoolyard. Starting his fifth school in five years, Osei Kokote, a diplomat's son, hopes to survive his first day. He becomes friends with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student, Ian, is determined to destroy the budding friendship between the black boy...

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Main Author: Chevalier, Tracy (Author)
Other Authors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Hogarth, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]
Edition: First United States edition.
Series: Hogarth Shakespeare.
Subjects:
Jealousy > Fiction.
Betrayal > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Adaptations.
Online Access: Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
Summary: 1970s, in a suburban D.C. schoolyard. Starting his fifth school in five years, Osei Kokote, a diplomat's son, hopes to survive his first day. He becomes friends with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student, Ian, is determined to destroy the budding friendship between the black boy and the golden girl.
Physical Description: 204 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0553447637
9780553447637
Author Notes: Tracy Chevalier was born on October 19, 1962 in Washington, D.C. After receiving a B.A. in English from Oberlin College, she moved to England in 1984 where she worked several years as a reference book editor. Leaving her job in 1993, she began a year-long M.A in creative writing at the University of East Anglia.

She is the author of several novels including The Virgin Blue, Burning Bright, Remarkable Creatures, and The Last Runaway. Her novel Girl with a Pearl Earring was made into a film starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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