"There are lots of reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or where you're from. Maybe it's what you eat or something just as random. Whatever it is, it's not easy to take those first steps into a place where nobody knows you, but somehow you do it. Jacqueline Woodson's ... text and Rafael López's ... art celebrate the bravery it takes to go forth even when you feel like an outsider"--Dust jacket flap.
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