Jeffry (Maniac Magee) is different in the east End. He's white and everybody else is black. He doesn't see the difference, but other people do. The blacks want the white OUT..., but why? He has great talent and is very kind. Maybe they only like Jeffry for his talent, not himself. Now that they know, I think that they want the runt out. I bet they are going to do anything to get Jeffry out of East End, starting by doing the meanest thing, by writing FISHBELLY on his house. What will he do to stop this, or will he do anything?
~Melisa
I like how you started the beginning of the passage.
ReplyDeleteBen
Great thinking out loud or at least in writing. Great questions. Do you think it's just the black people that want to keep whites out of the East End? What if a black person was on the West End? Is it all the blacks? What about the Beales?
ReplyDeleteMs. S