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Debra Lewis has been too busy with her studies to give much thought to interracial relations at Greenwood High...until kids start assuming she's romantically involved with her study partner, Steve Nowicki. Now, some of them have begun a campaign of harassment against Debra and Steve. Debra's best friend, Sharon Delaney, wants to devote an episode of Video High to racial tensions at school, but she's stalemated by the administration, who's afraid of stirring up more turmoil. Determined to get the issue out into the open, Sharon goes ahead and invites members of both sides to be on the show...as Video High gears up for an explosive on-the-air confrontation that will change the way everyone views free speech—and each other—forever!
Author
I was born in New Britain, Connecticut, and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. I also spent a year (5th grade) in Montgomery, Alabama, and a year in Ann Arbor, Michigan(8th grade). As a child, I always wanted to be a writer, but I had lots of other ambitions too. I wanted to be a teacher, a librarian, a movie star, the president of the United States, and a ballerina. I didn't achieve all my goals. I never became a movie star, the president of the U.S., or a ballerina. But I've been a teacher and a librarian and most of all, a writer. I've been writing for as long as I can remember. Growing up, I always kept a diary. I wrote poems, stories, plays, songs and lots of letters. Writing wasn't easy for me, but it felt natural and right. I've always read a lot, too. I was an English major at Emory University (I love Shakespeare), and I also received a master's degree in library science at Emory. I earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Chicago, and I taught children's and teen literature at St. John's University in New York for over 20 years. Now, I'm a full-time writer, living in Paris, France - the most beautiful city in the world.
