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Task 21: Read a children’s book that centers a disabled character but not their disability
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What a powerful book! At times it was hard to read knowing exactly what trouble Bigger Thomas was getting himself into. Then, almost like seeing a horrific traffic accident on the highway, I found that I could not look away. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, the street names and neighborhoods are all too familiar and probably the same streets as a 21st century Bigger Thomas would encounter the same problems. The speeches by the prosecutor and the defense counsel could well be placed in the mouths of
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Repetition, repetition, repetition. The author made his point, in a clever and convincing way. Then he made his point -- again; and again; and again; and again!
