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Author Visit
November 7th
Ola Shakes It Up
By Joanne
Hyppolite
An experienced
public speaker who lectures widely at schools,
libraries and conferences on African-American and
Caribbean culture and children’s literature,
Hyppolite has published two popular middle-grade
novels for children: Ola Shakes It Up and
Seth and Samoa, which won the 1994 Marguerite
DeAngeli prize for New Children’s Fiction. She
holds a Ph.D. in literature and an M.A. in
Afro-American Studies.
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Richmond
Heights Middle School