Guide to Falling Off the Map Mary Ellen Matthews Social Justice Literature Award *

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The frenzied plays of an Aztec ballgame

the fast-advancing science of paleogenetics revealed that the DNA came from a previously unknown species of hominids--the Denisovans (as they almost immediately came to be called)--who shared a common ancestor with both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens

Guide to Falling Off the Map Mary Ellen Matthews Social Justice Literature Award *Simultaneously introspective and humorous, A Guide to Falling Off the Map is a funny, tender, messy, and authentic story about two teens who fall in love on the precipice of things falling apart. Outgoing Vinnie Smith has her NYC future planned with her best friend Lilah. Meanwhile, her childhood friend Roo Carpenter is barely getting by, having dropped out of high school to work a shady job and support his mom. But when Vinnie's world starts falling