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Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold anthology--written by the best children's authors including Kwame Alexander, Soman Chainani, Jacqueline Woodson, and many more--celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us. How to transform an everyday, ordinary hoop court into a place of higher learning and you at the podium / Matt de la Pena -- Difficult path / Grace Lin -- Sol Painting Inc. / Meg Medina -- Secret Samantha / Tim Federle -- Beans and rice chronicles of Isaiah Dunn / Kelly J. Baptist -- Choctaw Bigfoot, midnight in the mountains / Tim Tingle -- Main Street / Jacqueline Woodson -- Flying lessons / Soman Chainani -- Seventy-six dollars and forty-nine cents / Kwame Alexander -- Sometimes a dream needs a push / Walter Dean Myers. Short stories. Story collection. Multicultural. IL 6-10. AR 5.0. RC 5.3. Lexile 800. GR Z. | |