Hewett, Lorri

Sixteen-year old Stephanie struggles to perfect her ballet dancing as her classes are complicated by the introduction of a new male dancer.

After her wealthy parents divorce, Shawna returns with her father to the small Georgia town where he grew up, and there she experiences new attitudes toward race relations, learns something shocking about her father's past, and discovers a surprising link with one of the "popular" white girls at school.

A rift develops in the closeness shared by Todd and Ezekiel, two African-American cousins, when Ezekiel tries to single-handedly end the problem of gang violence in his Denver neighborhood.

Sixteen-year old Stephanie struggles to perfect her ballet dancing as her classes are complicated by the introduction of a new male dancer.

A rift develops in the closeness shared by Todd and Ezekiel, two African-American cousins, when Ezekiel tries to single-handedly end the problem of gang violence in his Denver neighborhood.

After her wealthy parents divorce, Shawna returns with her father to the small Georgia town where he grew up, and there she experiences new attitudes toward race relations, learns something shocking about her father's past, and discovers a surprising link with one of the "popular" white girls at school.