![]() ![]() When classmate Tameeka shows up with expensive sneakers, Dyamonde takes her friend’s advice and demands red sneakers for herself. It takes a while for Dyamonde to appreciate this truth, but, when she does, she helps others to understand it as well. “Everything we have is a gift,” or at least that’s what Dyamonde’s mom says. We are the People: 2016 Summer Reading List Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award, Antioch University, 2011 ![]() Halfway to Perfect: a Dyamonde Daniel Book (Book 4)Ĭhicago Public Library Best of the Best Books for 2010 You'll enjoy the other books in the series: Dymonde’s can-do attitude and lively spirit will endear her to readers. In this third book in the Dyamonde Daniel series, Nikki Grimes tackles big issues in a sensitive, kid-friendly way. Now Dyamonde is down to almost zero outfits! But then she finds out one of her friends has it much worse, and she's determined to do what she can to help. ![]() ![]() Too bad they're so expensive! A classmate tells her it's her mom's job to give her what she needs, but when Dyamonde tries that argument, her mom teaches her a lesson by literally only giving her what she needs. Dyamonde really wants red high-top sneakers. ![]()
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