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Grandma's house has always been the narrator's favorite place. On her way to visit Grandma, she plucks daisies and sunflowers, and best of all, purple flowers—Grandma's favorites. Whenever Gran...

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Helen, a biracial Chinese Caucasian child, has to g...

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Nancy is helping Ni Ni (Grandma) in the kitchen when a letter arrives from Ni Ni’s brother in China. Ni Ni grows sad when she reads that her childhood home is being torn down, along with her father’s...

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Thursday is a difficult day for André, Davis, and Shawna because it is the day before Mama gets paid each week. Money is tight on Thursdays, and if the family runs out of something like toothpaste or soda...