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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...

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Growing up in the 1830s in Saratoga Springs, New York, wasn’t easy for George Crum. Picked on at school because of the dark color of his skin, George escaped into his favorite pastimes—hunting and fi...