André(Narrator) Santana
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Eleven-year-old Aurora Petrequin's best friend has never spoken a word to her. In fact, Frenchie Livernois doesn't talk. Aurora is bouncy, loud and impulsive. Making friends has never come easily. When Frenchie, who is autistic, silently chose Aurora as his person back in third grade, she chose him back. They make a good team, sharing their love of the natural world in coastal Maine. In the woods, Aurora and Frenchie encounter a piebald deer, a rare...
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Twelve-year-old Onyx lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with his mother, who is showing signs of early-onset dementia, and his grandmother in the late 1960s and early 1970s. But things get harder after his grandmother passes away, and Onyx is forced to take on more and more responsibilities to keep up appearances and avoid being taken away by Child Protective Services as his mother's condition worsens. In addition, unrest over the Civil Rights Movement...