The hero of 'Brave Blake' is a second grader who worries that his birth defect — a cleft lip — will affect what his classmates think of him and dash his hopes of winning the Best Smile competition.
Paige Starr remembers a day several years ago when she, her mother, and her youngest brother, Blake, then about 5, were in line at Walmart, waiting to pay, when a well-meaning but clueless woman addressed Blake.Paige felt her mother stiffen. Blake was born with a facial deformity commonly known as aLots of children would have been upset by the woman’s insensitive question. But not Blake.
In the end, our hero learns important lessons about the value of being yourself, as well as friendship.is a dream come true. She has the unlikely combination of her brother and COVID-19 to credit for helping to make it happen. The education major started revising her old project, turning it into a manuscript with a message for youngsters. A self-starter, she set out to sell it on her own, submitting it to eight publishers. Five turned her down right away.
to pursue a graduate degree in global and international education. Her goal is to teach abroad and promote classroom inclusivity in other countries.is a shout-out to a little brother who has had a big impact on the author’s life. “I kind of joke with her about how I want a percentage of it, but it’s cool,” Blake said. “I read it a lot. I love it. It sums up the story, and I like how even from when she first wrote it in high school, the story didn’t change that much.”Like many mothers might, early on, she worried about how Blake might be treated because of his somewhat different appearance, and she even felt some guilt.But Blake was always an original, even as a tiny tyke.
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