Young Lin-Manuel Miranda . . . The Pushcart War

My video book report on The Pushcart War, by Jean Merrill, in 3rd grade, circa 1988, for Janice Wells’ class. On camera? Luis Miranda. On cue cards? My sister. Also starring my mother as the teacher with the monologue, and my abuela, my sister, and my great-grandmother Mama Justa as teachers on strike. I got an A.