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Heart Of A Champion And Mae Jemon Analysis
Michelle Kwan: Heart of a Champion and Mae Jemison: Space Scientist Story Comparison

Explain how the stories Michelle Kwan: Heart of a Champion and Mae Jemison: Space Scientist are similar and how they are different. Remember to support your claims, using text evidence, including page numbers and direct quotes. Write using high level vocabulary and sentence structure, using transitions, and explaining each quote with at least two sentences.

The story Mae Jemison is a story of a women who if someone told her she couldn't she did and eventually grew up to be the first african american women in space. The story Michelle Kwan was a story of a hard working young women working day and night to accomplish a dream of being a champion skater.

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