Does anyone know where to find a summary for the story "Half Beat" by Elizabeth Gonzalez in the book the best american nonrequired reading?
http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS379US379&aq=f&gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Half+Beat%22+by+Elizabeth+Gonzalez
Possibly in one of these sites??
If not, let us know what the copyright date for the story is.
Perhaps try Amazon.
Nope, I don't see any in those websites. It says that the copyright date is 2009 by elizabeth gonzalez.
That's VERY recent, probably too recent to have much of anything online except mentions.
Make sure your read it ... carefully ... more than once. Take notes as you read.
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