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Freak the mighty is a story that we read with our 8th grade students. It is about a boy who struggles with school and society in general. He lives with his grandmother and grandfather and meets a boy with severe physical disabilities that changes Max's view on the world. Please ask your students what they thought of the book, and if they made any connections with the text.
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DesignManiac Magee is a story we read with the seventh grade students. It is about a young boy who has been on his own for a year. He ran away from home, and ended up in a town where the whites and blacks are separated by a line down the road. He shows the people in the community that you cannot judge a person without knowing them. Please feel free to ask your students if they made any connections with any of the characters in the story.
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