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Summary
Last Stop on Market Street meets We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga in this sweet, bighearted picture book about a young boy who learns the Cherokee lesson of gadugi—how working together and helping each other makes the whole community stronger.
When eager Clay asks his elisi (grandmother) for help to be named star of the week at school, he’s surprised by her answer: No one person is more important than his family and his community. But is Clay still important at all?
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Reviews
Publishers Weekly: "The Cherokee concept of gadugi—'when we work together and help each other out, our community is stronger'—serves as a gentle reframe in this values-based work that focuses on constellations over individual stars."
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