Excerpt from Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Hey, yourself, I yelled back.

Where's the park at?

What park?

My dad said there was a park around here somewhere. With hoops.

I shrugged. I don't know anything about some park, I said.

But you got a ball.

So?

A hot wind came out of nowhere and trembled the leaves. I didn't want to be yelling in the street up at some kid's window, and something about that wind made me feel a way. So I gave a little wave and then broke into a jog toward the park.

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