The Coffman Chronicle
Five Minutes in America
Almost One of Us
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Almost One of Us

Mitchell has learned the routines. Now he has to find out whether he belongs inside them.

After two weeks, the school no longer feels quite so unfamiliar.

Mitchell knows where to sit, which doors stick, when the tables get folded away, and how quickly a lunchroom can become a gym.

He understands some of the jokes now. He even has a few stories of his own.

Then the rubber balls come out, the teams are chosen, and Mitchell finds Dudley standing on the opposite side of the floor.


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