boy playing violin The stories, poems, and essays in this unit deal with the struggles and triumphs that people encounter when they choose a new road. Reading how fictional characters and real people find what it takes to "see it through" may help you look at some of your own experiences in a new light.

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Table of Contents
Comparing Literary Works
Joan Aiken Lob's Girl Short Story 270
James Thurber The Tiger Who Would Be King Fable 282
Aesop The Lion and the Bulls Fable 284
Jane Yolen Greyling Short Story 290
Comparing Literary Works
Sandra Cisneros Abuelito Who Poem 300
Walt Whitman The Open Road Poem 302
Maya Angelou Life Doesn't Frighten Me Poem 304
E. E. Cummings who knows if the moon's Poem 306
Comparing Literary Works
Russell Freedman A Backwoods Boy Autobio-graphy 316
Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns Jackie Robinson: Justice at Last Historical Account 325