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NEVER GOING BACK
floors and emptying the trash, I’d practice
climbing, building strength and confidence.
Soon I could almost walk up walls.
ADVANCE READING COPY
The first building I broke into on my
own was my high school. But not to steal
anything. To get something back for my
brother.
Dean was always tall and heavy for his
age. Other kids liked to bully him. They
called him Big Guy or Heavy D. If he fought
back, the teachers would get mad at him. He
was bigger, so he should act bigger.
At lunch one day there was a fight on the
baseball diamond. Two kids had knocked
Dean down. A bat was being swung. Dean
fought back, and just when he stood up and
threw a punch, the lunch monitor spotted him.
Dean was sent to the principal’s office.
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