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Many people start out doing one thing, and The Helper 3
then excel at something completely
The Road to different. Julia Child was a secret intelligence Mother Teresa is one of the most beloved
officer with top-level security clearance
before she wrote her first cookbook at age
Success Cooking and became one of the most money, invent anything, or become
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figures in world history. She didn’t make
“Internet famous”; rather, she was known
eminent chefs of all time.
for her lifelong dedication to helping the
poor and sick in India. She worked with
orphans, leper colonies, and people with
HIV/AIDS. Sometimes just being a loving INFORMATIONAL TEXT
and giving person can bring you fame
and admiration.
The path to glory is not always
straightforward. Where you start is not
necessarily where you’ll end up. Life can
be full of interesting twists and turns! 4 4
The Planet Saver
Helping people is very important,
but so is helping our planet. As the 5
first woman in East and Central
The Money Maker Africa to earn a doctoral degree (the The Slow Burn
highest academic degree possible),
If your aim is to get rich, you will need to Wangari Muta Maathai founded
get lucky or to work very hard, or both. the Green Belt Movement that George Dawson didn’t learn how to
Andrew Carnegie was born poor, in a empowers communities to conserve read until age 98. He grew up poor in
one-room home. He started working at environmental resources. Her the southern United States and was not
age 13 and was eventually able to get a group has planted more than 51 able to attend school as a child. After
Dawson learned how to read, he wrote
good job. He invested his money in steel million trees in Kenya, among other
and became the richest man in the environmental initiatives. a book, Life Is So Good, which became a
world! Carnegie gave away most of his bestseller. It’s never too late to attain
money to charities before he died. success in a way that matters to you.
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by Walter Dean Myers • illustrated by Benjamin Wachenje
REALISTIC FICTION
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Dawn
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PHOTO ESSAY AND VIDEO INTERVIEW
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unique talents to impact the way people think, to inspire social change,
to work to save the planet, and even to help define eras. Age is no
obstacle for young people like these nine who have changed the world.
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