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Kayube
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
worldwidewoomy
(Plucky Ensign)

i keep remembering this one story (or was it a scriptplay?) that was featured in one of my school's ELA textbooks, but the name of it is on the tip of my tongue and it's driving me nuts.
the important details i remember:
i'm probably missing so many other important plot beats, but this is everything i can still remember about a book i read in my middle school English textbook.