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It is said my many that people are merely products of their environment. In the case of two boys from Baltimore, this couldn’t be more true. In Wes Moore’s novel, “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates,” he tells the fascinating story of two young, fatherless kids who grew up in a similar neighborhood with the same name; yet still ended up on completely different paths.

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