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Cameron, Ann.
GLORIA RISING
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2002.
IL K-3, RL 4.3
ISBN 0372326754
On a routine run to the supermarket, Gloria is lucky enough to meet an astronaut.  She had heard that Dr. Street had once lived in their town but she never expected to meet her! Encouraged by Dr. Street, Gloria makes up her mind to do well in school and eventually become an astronaut herself.  That plan looks doubtful when Gloria meets her new fourth grade teacher!
SUBJECTS:     Self-realization -- Fiction.
                        Schools -- Fiction.
                        African Americans -- Fiction.

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