Taneesha Never Disparaging

Fifth grade isn''t exactly easy for eleven-year-old Taneesha Bey-Ross. For one thing, she''s getting tired of being her best friend Carli Flanagan''s personal bodyguard. Carli wears a leg brace and she''s white, and when Taneesha does stand up for Carli in the face of a local bully--a giant of a girl with big fists and army boots--she''s told to expect revenge. Taneesha''s also running a loser''s ...