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This Thing of Ours by Frederick Joseph
Ossie Brown's entire future is in jeopardy when a torn ACL ends his promising basketball career. Now Ossie . . . must navigate his new place in the social and academic ecosystems of his affluent, predominantly white school. When a Black teacher encourages him to join her highly regarded writing program, Ossie begins to find a new purpose . . . Everything changes when some students' viral 'anti-woke' video puts the teacher's job, the writing program, and even Ossie's friends' safety at risk--and Ossie must find his true voice"--Provided by publisher.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
—Anatole France
—Anatole France
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY:
Nov. 9, 1799 Napoleon Bonaparte pulls off a coup and becomes the dictator of France under the title of First Consul
Nov 9, Berlin Wall falls
Nov 10, 1969 Children's educational television series "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV
Nov 11, 1918 World War I Armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into effect, with hostilities ending at 11 a.m., "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"
Nov 14, 1994 First public trains run through the Channel Tunnel, linking England and France under the English Channel
Nov 15, 1904 King C. Gillette patents the safety razor as the Gillette razor blade
Nov 16, 1855 Scottish explorer David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Mosi-oa-Tunya waterfall, which he christens as Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi River in Barotseland, Africa (now Zambia and Zimbabwe)
Nov 16, 1945 Founding of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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