Basic Income (10 Reasons)

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Thank You, M'am by Langston Hughes

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So I Ain't No Good Girl by Sharon G. Flake

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On the Bridge by Todd Strasser

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Jump Away by Rene Saldana, Jr.

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The Wrong Lunch Line by Nicholasa Mohr

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Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde by Sonya Sones

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• What else have I read or watched that has to do with this issue?
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• What is the author trying to say or teach you through this story?

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