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The Other Wes Moore is born

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The Author Wes Moore is born

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Lives with mother and brother in City of Baltimore

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Lives with father, mother, and 2 siblings in Baltimore, Maryland

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Meets his father for the first time

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Father dies due to rare sickness and improper care by medical professionals, mother tries to keep the children in their home but is fearful of their dangerous neighborhood

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Arrested and brother shot - moves to Baltimore county - safer area

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Moves to Bronx with maternal grandparents and attends a private school called Riverdale

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-Wes is jealous of Tony's money and considers dealing drugs
-Mary worries Wes will follow in Tony's footsteps

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-Wes struggles to fit in being the one of the few black people in his school
-His grades begin to slip and his mother threatens to bring him to military school

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Brother, Tony and mother, Mary catch Wes dealing drugs

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Wes is picked up by the cops for tagging

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-Wes meets a girl named Alicia and gets her pregnant, making him a soon to be father, a current uncle and an newly older brother all in one year
-Wes and Alicia start to distance and Wes cheats on her. He is confronted by this girls boyfriend, Ray, who attacks him and Wes retaliates with fire. He shoots Ray in the shoulder and is arrested on attempt at murder

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Wes' mother sends him to military school due to his declining grades and behaviors, he tries to escape but is unsuccessful

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-Wes returns from juvenile correction center only to drop out of school and continue to sell drugs
-He is once again arrested but this time for selling drugs

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-Wes grows to like military school
-One night while walking in town, Wes and his friend are physically and verbally attacked by drunk teenagers

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-Had 4 children, two with Alicia and two with Cheryl

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-Wes decides to try and turn his life around, he goes to the Job Corps center works to earn a GED and learns carpentry. He finishes quickly as he is one of the best in his class.
-After returning home he bounces from job to job trying to support his large family, the pressure breaks him as he is failing to make enough money and picks up a package from Baltimore containing cocaine which leads him back into the drug world.

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-Attends Valley Forge junior college
-Becomes one of the youngest officers, at a high rank in the Army

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-Wes and Tony are arrested after a 12 day manhunt. Wes is charged for first degree murder of a police officer after a armed robbery of a jewelry store

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-Attends John Hopkins University and participates in a study abroad program where he stays in South Africa
-One day he receives a call from his mother, saying there was an arrest of a man named Wes Moore

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-Wes attends his final court hearing where he is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole