It's Alive!

Asa Kleiman authored It's Alive: Math Like You've Never Known It Before and It's Alive! And Kicking!: Math the Way It Ought to Be . . . Tough, Fun, and a Little Weird! as a junior high school student, along with his best friend and fellow junior high schooler, David Washington, and best-selling author Marya Washington Tyler. David Washington authored It's Alive: Math Like You've Never Known It Before and It's Alive! And Kicking!: Math the Way It Ought to Be . . . Tough, Fun, and a Little Weird! as a junior high school student, along with his best friend and fellow junior high schooler, Asa Kleiman, and best-selling author Marya Washington Tyler.

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