"The Scholarship Jacket" by Martina Salinas is a narration by Martha, a young girl attending a small Texas school that awards a scholarship jacket to the class valedictorian each year during the eighth-grade graduation. The jacket, green and gold in color (the school's colors), proudly displays a gold 'S' and the recipient's name.
Martha is a straight-A student and she is looking forward to getting this jacket just as her sister Rosie had a few years prior. They can't afford to participate in sports due...