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Welcome to America Street, where every story is as vital and unique as the
friends, neighbors, and relatives we encounter every day. Here are fourteen
stories about young people told by some of America's best storytellers.
"Raymond's Run" by Toni Cade Bambara: Hazel Deborah Elizabeth Packer from
Harlem, known as "Squeaky," lets nothing stop her form winning a neighborhood
race. "The No-Guitar Blues" by first he must find the money to buy a guitar..
"The All-American Slurp" by Lensey Namioka: A Chinese American girl discovers
that the way to eat Celey in China is as mysterious to her friend Meg as the
American way of drinking a milkshake is to her.. "The Journey" by Duane big
Eagle: Raoul, a Native American boy take a long journey by train to visit a
medicine-woman, Aunt Rosalie stands Tall, which marks a turning- point in his
life. Plus ten more by these well know authors: Robert Cormier, Langston Hughes,
Gish Jen, Francisco Jimenez, Mary K. Mazotti, Nicholasa Mohr, Toshio Mori, Naomi
Shihab Nye, Grace Paley, and Michele Wallace. Anne Mazer, the editor of American
street, is the author of several widely acclaimed books, including the navels
Moose street and The Oxboy, and the picture books, The salamander Room, winner
of the keystone to reading book Award and a Reading Rainbow Feature selection.
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