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The Scholarship Jacket By Marta Salinas
“The Scholarship Jacket,” by Marta Salinas is a short story about tough decisions and decision-making. The story is set in a small town in Texas. The main character Marta is an eighth grader who is destined to get the scholarship jacket. What is the scholarship jacket you ask! It is the jacket that Marta’s school gives out to the hardest working and highest graded student over his/her eight years. Marta is bound to get the jacket, but on her way to her locker, she hears two teachers arguing over whether or not to change the grades so that Joann gets the jacket. Joann’s father works for the school board and has a lot of power which means that the school will do everything it can to get Joann that jacket. This story shows how in many ways the
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