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Jodi Picoult introduces characters from her new novel SMALL GREAT THINGS in this original short story.Jodi Picoult introduces characters from her new novel SMALL GREAT THINGS in this original short story.Dalton is the school of the rich and famous, and it's eight-year-old Ruth Brooks's first day. Growing up in Harlem she never dreamed she'd be given this opportunity, and she's determined not to waste it. But right from her first lesson Ruth is treated differently. The harder she tries, the clearer it becomes that to some people it's not the similarities that matter, but the differences - and there are plenty of those between Ruth and her new classmates.As the days pass, she has a difficult lesson to being in this new world is not the same as becoming a part of it - and becoming a part of it is starting to feel impossible. Ruth's eye-opening story continues in Jodi Picoult's astounding new novel Small Great Things.Ruth's eye-opening story continues in Jodi Picoult's astounding new novel Small Great Things.
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“A short story from Jodi Picoult. This tells the story of young Ruth who realises when she starts a new school that she is different from everyone else. Ruth is Black going to a predominantly white school.
She tries her best to fit in.
This little book is powerful and a very good read.”
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