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A racially charged story about the terrible obstacles faced by a star running back and his timid sister when they are chosen to help desegregate an all-white high school.
P>EM>FONT face=Arial color=#666633 size=1>The roar came closer. Headlights turned the corner from the highway onto the street where Lakeesha and Nancy stood. They looked at each other and then turned in unison to look toward the headlights.BR>Nancy saw a long stick emerge from the window of the oncoming car. The engine roared, and the car leaped forward.BR>Nancy froze in space and time. Her mind floated somewhere just above her motionless body. "Broom handle," Nancy thought calmly, watching it move in exquisite slow motion toward Lakeesha. That second stretched out like a rubber band, hou | |  | | Peace I Ask of Thee, Oh River
Peace I Ask of Thee, Oh River, addresses teenage depression, suicide and bullying at a girls' camp.
P>FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=2>When I burst through the doors, I saw Tiffin leaning over a toilet. My first thought was that she was throwing up. That would make sense. She had all the makings of a vomiter -- that awful tension some of my friends with eating disorders have and her collarbones stuck out. I stepped up behind her cautiously, getting braced not to throw up myself. But she was quiet, intent, her hand in the toilet. I looked over her shoulder and saw Chipper Jones in the water, frantically swimming. With one long, white finger, Tiffin pushed the chipmunk's head under the w |
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