The authors of this collection are students at Frank W. Ballou High School in Washington, DC. They worked in collaboration with Shout Mouse Press and the ShootBack Project to tell their stories through their own words and photographs.
"One hour after I displayed the book "How To Grow Up Like Me" in our middle school library, it was seized upon by an 8th grade boy who is a reluctant reader... and [who] had only checked out one other book while in middle school. He made an instant connection with the honest and powerful stories written inside. This student ran to show the book to his reading teacher. He is now captivated and can't wait to come to class to read the inspiring collection with our students. This is real. This is life-changing." -- Librarian, Hardy Middle School, Washington, DC "I was so inspired by the powerful stories published by your students from Ballou! The narrative is so similar to my students here in Memphis and so many kids from urban school districts around the country. There is a need for a writing project like this here. Our students just don't have as many opportunities as they should to express how they feel and to be listened to." -- Teach For America Instructor, Memphis, TN
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