The Battle of Jericho

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Author: Sharon M. Draper
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the real deal with Warriors of Distinction and the school?” Kofi whispered, looking around to make sure that no Warriors were close enough to hear him.
    â€œWell, it’s not officially school sponsored anymore—some business in the community decided to sponsor them a few years back, I heard,” Jericho explained. “But only Douglass kids are members, and they always get a Douglass teacher to help them out.”
    â€œDoesn’t matter,” Josh declared breezily. “They’ve been around for like a million years—almost as long as this old, rusty school has been here.”
    â€œSo how do they get over with the principal and teachers if they’re not really a school club?” Kofi continued.
    â€œI’ve seen the principal, Mr. Zucker, wear his old Warrior jacket to school sometimes, so I know he was a member of the Warriors when he went to school here—several of the teachers, too,” Josh offered. “Even my dad was a Warrior!”
    â€œYeah, yeah, we know.” Jericho then said thoughtfully, “I’ve seen the Warriors around at school stuff, at Open House and Homecoming and Teacher Appreciation Day.They show up and look good, doing stuff for the school like showing parents around or passing out apples to the teachers, and the school has always given them perks.”
    â€œLike what?” Kofi asked.
    â€œLike they get their schedules fixed so they have no afternoon classes. And they get trusted with keys to things that no other student has access to—the faculty lounge, the student store, the supply room. And who ends up working in the office in the computer room where report card records are kept? Warriors of Distinction!” Then he lowered his voice. “I’ve heard kids talkin’ about grades being changed. I don’t know how they do it, but I’d love to have that kind of power.”
    â€œI heard they’ve got the answers to every teacher’s final exam!” Josh exclaimed.
    â€œIs that, like, possible?” Kofi asked.
    â€œAnd did you ever notice the hottest girls in school seem to hang with the Warriors?” Jericho asked, thinking of Arielle.
    â€œWell, sign me up, dude!” Josh declared cheerily.
    â€œYou ever been to one of their parties?” Kofi asked in a whisper.
    â€œNot hardly. I know some kids who did, though,” Jericho told them. “All the way live!”
    Josh finished the last of his chocolate-chip cookies. “Where you think they get those jackets, man? They wear the silk ones when they want to look slick, and the leather ones when they want to look tight. Either way, I’d look
too
good in one of those!”
    â€œI hear they got connections. Goes way back, I hear,”Jericho answered vaguely. Since everybody at school talked about the Warriors all the time, it was hard to tell what was real and what was made up. Not all the whispers about the Warriors were good.
    â€œAw, you can’t believe everything you hear, man,” Kofi told them. “But I’d take that kinda hookup if it’s for real.”
    â€œI can see how they’d ask you two—Kofi, you’re the computer genius, and Josh, you’re good at sports and just about everything else, but I can’t believe they asked me, too,” Jericho admitted quietly.
    â€œAw, quit dissin’ yourself,” Kofi told him. “The Warriors know who’s got it together. And I bet Arielle figures it out too!”
    â€œFor real, though, the only way I can get a girl like Arielle to speak to me is if I need to borrow a pencil in class.”
    â€œRelax, man. I bet she’ll be sharpening your pencils before you know it,” Josh said with a chuckle. “This is so awesome! I can’t wait to tell Dad.”
    â€œYeah,” Kofi said. “He’ll think it’s pretty cool that his pinhead son finally did something right! Hey Jericho, didn’t your dad go

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