Read the excerpt from it's our world, too! : young people who are making a difference. when they entered the board's meeting room, neto was terrified. they were alone with the ten white men who were the members of the marsing school board. "i couldn't believe i was really doing this," neto recalls. "then i heard baldy say, 'neto wants to talk with you about the football team.' which detail from the excerpt best indicates that one of the author’s purposes in writing it's our world, too! : young people who are making a difference was to create suspense? when they entered the board's meeting room, neto was terrified they were alone with the ten white men who were the members of the marsing school board. “i couldn't believe i was really doing this," neto recalls. "then i heard baldy say, 'neto wants to talk with you about the football team.'