The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas by Kimberly Willis Holt

Author:Kimberly Willis Holt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

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I couldn’t wait for school each morning. Joe was in half of my classes, and he sat with the Garcia twins and me at lunch.

Frederica had a crush on him. I knew right off when, after Joe’s first day, she came to school with her hair down and legs shaved, with a couple of bandages above each ankle.

Joe’s eyes glazed over whenever Juan Leon talked about math, but he politely slipped in “hmm” and “really” every once in a while.

By Joe’s third day, though, he interrupted Juan Leon. “Man, I’m glad you like math, but I really don’t think I’ll be using it much after I graduate.”

Juan Leon frowned. “Of course you will.”

“No,” Joe said, “I really don’t think so. Well, maybe to count my money.”

“How about deductive reasoning?” Juan Leon asked.

Joe’s forehead wrinkled. “Say what?”

Great thought. Now he’s invited Juan Leon to get on a math tangent that will leave us even more exhausted and confused.

Juan Leon put down his sandwich and straightened his back. “Deductive reasoning is the process a person uses to make conclusions based on previously known facts.”

Joe shook his head.

“You’ll use it,” Juan Leon said. “Believe me.”

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