{"product_id":"what-the-hallways-heard-joyce-a-lee-9798993020648","title":"What the Hallways Heard","description":"\u003cp\u003eEighth grader Dylan has learned to survive middle school by keeping her head down and her backpack close. The hallways at Willow Creek are filled with laughter and chatter, but when Dylan walks through, those sounds shift-snickers tucked between words, whispers pitched just loud enough for her to hear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt isn't her grades. It isn't sports. It's something smaller, crueler: her family can't always afford shampoo, deodorant, or new clothes. Hygiene poverty makes her a target, and the silence of classmates who look away cuts as deeply as the names she's called.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis powerful and heart-stirring story shines a light on an overlooked crisis that many students face. It is a story of cruelty and compassion, shame and resilience, silence-and then the courage to be heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis story is for every child who has ever felt invisible because of being shamed and bullied.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It is for every teacher, parent, or friend who wonders how to help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDylan's story is a call to listen-and to act. A reminder to us all that no child should ever be shamed for what they don't have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat the Hallways Heard\u003c\/em\u003e is more than a title-it's a truth every school building carries. Hallways are silent witnesses. They absorb the laughter that stings, the whispered nicknames that cut, and the heavy silence of bystanders who turn away. Their walls \"hear\" what adults overlook and what students pretend not to notice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBullying and shame don't always shout; most often, they hide in plain sight. They live in whispers just loud enough to wound and in silences that make the cruelty feel true. Even when people act as though they neither see nor hear, the hallways themselves remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery cruel word, every unspoken defense, every moment of looking away-none of it vanishes. These things linger. They echo. And over time, they shape the students who walk those halls, leaving marks long after the whispers fade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joyce A. Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798993020648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spirit, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Joyce A. Lee","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47424888537343,"sku":"9798993020648","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73549db1-13f0-4ba9-bdd1-4167cb5001a7.jpg?v=1761533200","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-the-hallways-heard-joyce-a-lee-9798993020648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}