Twice Over a Man: A Fierce Memoir of an Orphan Boy Who Doggedly Determined a Finer Life Young Adult Nonfiction / Girls & Women / Activism & Social Justice / Social Topics - Civil & Human Rights Izzy Barr is the star

Izzy Barr is the star athlete of the third grade: she hits homeruns on her softball team and is one of the fastest runners in her class

Fran Manushkin’s rollicking text and Lauren Tobia’s delicious illustrations paint a breezy and irresistible picture of the human family—and how wonderful it is to be just who you are

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Twice Over a Man: A Fierce Memoir of an Orphan Boy Who Doggedly Determined a Finer Life Young Adult Nonfiction / Girls & Women / Activism & Social Justice / Social Topics - Civil & Human Rights Izzy Barr is the starBorn in East Saint Louis to a drug addicted mother who died when he was eight years old, author Orvin Kimbrough chronicles his early years through foster care, orphanages, physical and sexual abuse, hunger, and poverty. He could have joined a gang. He could have become a teen father. He could have fallen into drugs and the violence of the streets. He could have ended up in prison. He could have been shot dead. But he rose above it all to become a