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Flying Lessons & Other Stories: "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents" by Kwame Alexander

This collection, edited by We Need Diverse Books founder Ellen Oh, features short stories by popular writers of middle grade and young adult fiction.

Here are links to our lists for the anthology: How to Transform…; The Difficult Path; Sol Painting, Inc.; Secret Samantha; The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn; Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains; Main Street; Flying Lessons; Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents; Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push
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  1. vague
    lacking clarity or distinctness
    My memory of her
    is a little vague.
  2. ironic
    displaying incongruity between what is expected and what is
    After he apologizes
    Mom makes him pull off
    at the Thomas Edison Rest Area
    which is kind of ironic
    since Edison's last breath
    is supposedly contained
    in a test tube
    at the Henry Ford Museum.
  3. mitosis
    the process by which a cell divides into two new cells
    Mitosis is nuclear division plus cytokinesis, and it produces two identical daughter cells during prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase."
  4. characteristic
    a noticeable feature or aspect of something
    "I know that DNA, otherwise known as deoxyribonucleic acid, is a group of molecules that carry the genetic information necessary for the organization and functioning of most living cells and control the inheritance of certain characteristics, but I am just not sure whether it is in every cell in our bodies."
  5. baffled
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
    I can see the fireworks
    going off
    in Olley's baffled eyes, as he
    tries to figure out
    how I knew
    both questions
    on the pop quiz.
  6. captivate
    attract; cause to be enamored
    ANGEL CARTER CAPTIVATES ME
  7. raucous
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
    Carla stops, turns around, and yells, "OH, NOW YOU GOT ESPN?" which sends the entire hallway into raucous laughter.
  8. profusely
    in very large amounts or quantities; extremely
    "BET I CAN READ YOUR MIND, ANGEL," I holler, sweating profusely.
  9. measly
    contemptibly small in amount
    I finally get
    Angel Carter's attention,
    and all I can think
    to ask for is a measly lunch.
  10. cosmic
    pertaining to or characteristic of the universe
    I could guess
    and say maybe it was
    some kind of cosmic prank, or
    the universe paying me back
    for so many years
    of being uncool.
Created on Wed Aug 05 13:20:08 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Feb 04 09:55:17 EST 2021)

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