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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