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As soon as I see her, my heart vibrates and my mind replays ages seven and eight and nine and ten, and eleven and twelve and all the years without my dad, because the girl on the bus sitting on a seat by herself is my dad’s daughter.
-- Narrator - Raven
(“Half a Moon” )
Importance: Raven is shocked when she sees her half-sister. Brooke, on the bus of campers. Brooke reminds Raven of the years Raven has spent without her father because he preferred to be with Brooke and her mother.
I knew what kids called me behind my back. An Oreo. A Black boy trying to be white. I wasn’t hard enough. Hood enough. Woke enough.
-- Cam - Narrator
(“Black Enough”)
Importance: Because Cam has overheard so many people suggesting that he is not Black enough, he assumes that Jessica stops talking to him because she believes he is too White. In reality, Jessica stopped talking to Cam not because...
This section contains 1,126 words (approx. 3 pages at 400 words per page) |