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Chapter 1
Martin, do you have anything to say
for yourself? Mr. Gates says to me. I can
hear anger in his voice.
Hes the superintendent of Bluford
High Schoola large silver-haired man
in his late 60s. His lips are pencil-thin,
and there are bags under his eyes. Bags
from listening to stories like mine.
I know hes going to throw me out of
Bluford. I cant blame him. All he knows
about me is what hes read in the thick
folder on his desk.
I can see the pink suspension notices
from my seat. He flips through them like
hes leafing through an old phone book.
I know the words hes reading. I remember the last letter the school district sent
to my mother.
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