Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts

The book is titled “Those Shoes”, by Maribeth Boelts and it is a favorite of all three of my boys.  The premise is simple, a young boy wants to have the coolest shoes in school, but his grandma cannot afford them.  He schemes and plots and finally gets a pair that are too small, but were all that he could afford.  After a few days of wearing too small shoes, he notices that his friend is in need of new shoes.  One night, he sneaks out and leaves a pair of “those shoes” on his friends front door.

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Well it happened for real (with some minor changes to the plot) to a high school boy in North Carolina.  Yaovi Mawuli loves shoes, he collects them, trades them, and sells them.  So he spends time looking at other students feet.

Yaovi noticed a classmate who’s shoes were sore worn down that other students were making fun of him for them.  Yaovi posted the included image of the shoe to a Facebook group, asking the others how he could help the student without making him feel awkward about.

The result, a new pair of “Concord” Air Jordan 11 lows, and a very happy classmate.