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In collaboration with the Ordinary People Change the World series by Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos, copyright © 2022 Forty-four Steps, Inc. published by Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. An I Write Short Stories by Kids for Kids Contest Production V. 13 Published by iWRITE Kids Publishing in partnership with The Bryan Museum Copyright © 2022 by iWRITE

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