From taking your first steps, to learning to ride a two-wheeled bicycle, to graduating with honors, to curing cancer or eliminating world hunger—challenges occur throughout life. Some challenges make headlines; others are personal. In these stories, poems, and essays, you'll meet people who encounter challenges of all types and meet them head on.Check out the Additional Questions, Hot Links, Internet Activities, Reading Strategies, and Self-Tests for this unit using the navigation bar at the left. |
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| Mark Twain | Cub Pilot on the Mississippi | Autobio-graphy | 100 |
| Arthur C. Clarke | The Secret | Short Story | 118 |
| Ann Petry | Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom | Social Studies Article | 130 |
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| Joaquin Miller | Columbus | Poem | 144 |
| Stephen Vincent Benét | Western Wagons | Poem | 146 |
| Roberto Félix Salazar | The Other Pioneers | Poem | 148 |
| Jack London | Up the Slide | Short Story | 156 |
| Langston Hughes | Thank You, M'am | Short Story | 172 |
| Daniel Keyes | Flowers for Algernon | Short Story | 182 |