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CHAPTER I I read in a book once that if you want something bad enough, all you have to do is picture ..
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Today is going to be amazing. I’ve never actually made flan before, but I know it will be great. ..
I’m gonna like me when I jump out of bed, from my giant big toe to the braids on my head. Â I’m ..
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But the sun didn’t shine on Hamilton like it did Bayside. It was almost as if it avoided it completely, ..
There was once an old manor house in the countryside, with walls and deep channels surrounding it. Between ..
To all the children of the world This book is written for you So you can learn to love yourself, And accept ..
1 THE PALM FRONDS rustled in the warm tropical breeze as I hunched down to take a sprinter’s stance. ..
Where are you from? they ask. Is your mom from here! Is your dad from there? they ask. I ask Abacio because ..
By the 1890s, Black women’s clubs were boomimg. More than five thousand Black women joined the seven ..
With her eyes closed she tried to link the pieces of the story together. She was ashamed that she couldn’t ..
Kindness affects everyone. When we are on the receiving end of an act of kindness, we may feel grateful ..
I’m Tiffany. I’m 14 years old. I live in a small house in New York state. I live with my mom and twin ..
It’s kind of harsh to watch The Great British Bake Off over plates of Stouffer’s lasagna. ..
Is there anything worse than when you’re walking along, minding your own business, but then out of nowhere–Crash! ..
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In a crowded Chicago airport, an incident at TSA impacts twelve young Asian Americans, all strangers ..
