Summary Of Spare Parts By Joseph Davis

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Lorenzo smiled with a big smile. “I did it.” This book teaches a lesson of inspiration, and determination. Spare Parts, written by Joseph Davis, is a book where five boys came together, with a rough background, and accomplished amazing things. Although the boys had no experience in robotics, these youths participated in a national robotics contest. In this contest, they were competing against teams such as MIT, and other well-known college teams. This book taught the reader to never give up, even given your circumstances.
While reading this book, there were a lot of things that really challenged my thinking on education and immigration. Some of us in America really take our education for granted, and it’s something that we are required to

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