Mighty Inside

CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR SUNDEE T. FRAZIER WRITES HER MOST PERSONAL, HEARTFELT WORK TO DATE.

Melvin Robinson wants a strong, smooth, He-Man voice that lets him say what he wants, when he wants-especially to his crush Millie Takazawa, and Gary Ratliff, who constantly puts him down. But the thought of starting high school is only
making his stutter worse.

And Melvin's growing awareness that racism is everywhere-not just in the South where a boy his age has been brutally killed by...