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Losing a Friend

By Matheno Frazier-Bey

Kansas City, Missouri – Matheno Frazier-Bey transferred to a new school in the middle of his fourth grade year. Anyone who ever moved or changed schools as a child knows the fear of having to meet all new classmates. He was timid, and predicted that he would be the outcast, but one girl changed that . . .

Matheno Frazier-Bey is a sophomore at Central High School and a student leader in Debate Kansas City, a local urban debate league.
This story was produced for KC Currents.

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