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Gr 1–5—Cesaria, a child with brown skin and a puffy bun of brown hair, feels the beat in her feet. "She sings lyrics with her fingers." As the time approaches for her to join the Carnival crowds with her dance troupe of other small girls, she refuses to put on the shoes that the leader says are part of the peacock costume. She can't. She runs away to the water and whispers to the ocean: "No one understands." The understated text has mentioned that she signs to others, but this is the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More