Page 67 1, Why do the words “I shall never see this again.” cause Annie’s heart to swell with gladness and then shrivel up?
2. a.) How do Annie’s parents surprise her on the launch? b.) What does this scene suggest about Annie’s relationship with her parents?
3. What do you think Annie’s father wanted to say to her that he had never said before?

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. then, in 1958, when he was nine, his mother got a job as a dental assistant – and a raise. at about the same time, wash got a job, too. six days a week for eight years, he woke up by four o'clock in the morning to deliver milk. by the time he got to school each day, he'd already put in almost half a day's work. how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story? by connecting readers to his mother’s medical training by connecting readers to the milk-delivery business by connecting readers to wash’s academic success by connecting readers to wash’s daily work routine