Michael looks too small for his age, and there's a problem with proving his age.
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Heat, by Mike Lupica

Heat has it all: Baseball at Yankee Stadium–the dream of Little Leaguers who practice within sight of it; Michael and Carlos, determined to keep “Official People” from finding out why Papi isn’t home…

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Chief Crowfoot earned the title "Chief" by his heroism and ability to negotiate in the white man's world.
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Crowfoot, Chief of the Blackfeet

“Several Blackfeet women and with a boy were picking saskatoon berries when a grizzly bear surprised them.  The women dropped their berry bags and ran.  The boy tried to fit an arrow into his bow…

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The Writing Process

Research is a Chain Reaction

Question: Where is (or was) the Rosario Mine in Honduras? I wander from the mine to La Tigra National Park, the Puma brand of oil products, and the Tigers soccer team.

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Twenty-One Balloons

The best way of travel…, if you aren’t going in any hurry at all, if you don’t care where you are going, if you don’t like to use your legs, if you want to see everything quite clearly, if you don’t want to be annoyed at all by any choice of directions, is in a balloon…

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John Magee, John Denver, and High Flight

John Magee began composing the poem “High Flight” while flying a Spitfire 30,000 feet over England in 1941…  While World War II dragged on, John’s poem gave war-weary civilians, soldiers and pilots, words that inspired hope and courage.

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How one girl stood up for education.
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What Terrorism Feels Like

errorism is fear all around you.  It is going to sleep at night and not knowing what horrors the next day will bring.  It is huddling with your family in the center-most room in your home because you have all decided it is the safest place.

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