The Story of Brice and Kansas
“ A new boy is coming to Crystal Junior High!” said Tanner to his friend, Gordon,“ I’ ll bet he’ s white, because not ONE person in this school is black.” He chuckled,“ That is, except Kansas.” Then Tanner and Gordon walked away to class.
They were wrong. The very next day, the boy, Brice McTollar, arrived. And he was black. Well not black black, but he was a dark beige. Brice was tall, pretty for his age. He had a shaved head and he was 12. He was thinking that everyone would appreciate him the way he was.
He was wrong, too. Everyone that would see him would stare. And stare. And STARE!!!!!
He walked slowly in the hallway, books in hand, looking nervously side to side. When he finally reached the classroom,
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