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Mostly though, they waited. For the mail. For the news. For the bells. For breakfast and lunch and dinner. For one day to be over and the next day to begin.Julie Otsuka
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And if anyone asks, you're Chinese. The boy had nodded. "Chinese, " he whispered. "I'm Chinese." "And I, " said the girl, "am the Queen of Spain." "In your dreams, " said the boy. "In my dreams, " said the girl, "I'm the King.Julie Otsuka
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Because the man who stood there before us was not our father. He was somebody else, a stranger who had been sent back in our father's place. That's not him, we said to our mother, That's not him, but our mother no longer seemed to hear us..." Did you...she said. "Every day, " he replied. Then he got down on his knees and he took us into his arms...Julie Otsuka