Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Illinois connection! Love it!
Humor
If those guys couldn't tell the difference between a friend and a girlfriend-- well, that made them too dense to be worth worrying about. p33
Description
Kenny only had two volume levels: whine and yell. p37 (also, use of a colon)
She was the kind of teacher who made you wish you could have her every year for the rest of your life. p77
Race Discussions
p77-79 mom and Mrs. Roberts
p84-86 meeting Mr. Dixon
Most of the time, my mom was a very nice person. I hated thinking of her as someone who might be prejudiced against black people. p80
Mr. Dixon and food-- 163-166
I wondered if thinking about this race stuff too much made you see it in places where it didn't exist.
But then I wondered the opposite: Maybe it existed all the time, and you only saw it if you were really thinking about it? p181
Maybe everything in life had its messy bits. Things other people didn't see. Or didn't know they didn't know. Or didn't want to think about. p227
"Honestly, Jules, I've always thought it was cool that your family has all this Korean stuff. It makes things much more interesting. Not like my family. we're just plain old nothing American." p229-230
As with any problem, awareness and discussion are the first steps toward healing, and my hope is that this book might be one of those small steps. p259
For creative writing-- the sections at the end of each chapter are great!
Susan B. Anthony!
Awesome Susan B. Anthony stuff- p217-218
Susan B. Anthony was as American as you can get. p218
Wisdom
Ideas were easy. Good ideas were hard. p180
Humor
If those guys couldn't tell the difference between a friend and a girlfriend-- well, that made them too dense to be worth worrying about. p33
Description
Kenny only had two volume levels: whine and yell. p37 (also, use of a colon)
She was the kind of teacher who made you wish you could have her every year for the rest of your life. p77
Race Discussions
p77-79 mom and Mrs. Roberts
p84-86 meeting Mr. Dixon
Most of the time, my mom was a very nice person. I hated thinking of her as someone who might be prejudiced against black people. p80
Mr. Dixon and food-- 163-166
I wondered if thinking about this race stuff too much made you see it in places where it didn't exist.
But then I wondered the opposite: Maybe it existed all the time, and you only saw it if you were really thinking about it? p181
Maybe everything in life had its messy bits. Things other people didn't see. Or didn't know they didn't know. Or didn't want to think about. p227
"Honestly, Jules, I've always thought it was cool that your family has all this Korean stuff. It makes things much more interesting. Not like my family. we're just plain old nothing American." p229-230
As with any problem, awareness and discussion are the first steps toward healing, and my hope is that this book might be one of those small steps. p259
For creative writing-- the sections at the end of each chapter are great!
Susan B. Anthony!
Awesome Susan B. Anthony stuff- p217-218
Susan B. Anthony was as American as you can get. p218
Wisdom
Ideas were easy. Good ideas were hard. p180
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