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Celebrity - James McKimmey
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Title: Celebrity
Author: James McKimmey
Illustrator: Paul Orban
Release Date: September 12, 2009 [EBook #29962]
Language: English
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Sound the fanfare! Beat the drums!
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CELEBRITY
By James McKimmey, Jr.
Illustrated by PAUL ORBAN
June 19, 1978. Celebrity day.
The city stretched. Empty streets glistened from the bath of a water truck. Dew-wet grass winked at the fresh peeping sun, like millions of shimmering diamonds. A bird chirped. Another. The city yawned.
Rows of houses lay like square ivory beads on patches of green felt. A boy drove his bicycle down the middle of an elm-bordered avenue, whistling loudly, while tightly rolled newspapers arced from his hand
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