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The news crew

by Walter Dean Myers · 2015

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Friends Zander, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi, caught in the middle of a mock Civil War at DaVinci Academy and learn the true cost of freedom of speech when they use their alternative newspaper, The Cruiser, to try to make peace.

Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of this
Setting
schoolschoolMore like thisLess of thisNew YorkNew YorkMore like thisLess of thisNew York StateNew York StateMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 126 pages

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