Bad Boy Chapter 5 Summary

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Bad Boy, In chapter 5, Walter realized he had trouble with his speech, because he was told to read in front of the class,pg.42. People mostly called Walter, Walter Dean. Walter’s life. Walter also considers his adopted parents to be his real family. Walter was a very bad boy! Walter, and his friends tried to hang Richard, and it was shocking to the pastor, because that had meant a different meaning where he had come from. Then Walter’s uncle Leroy got out of jail, in Walter went to see him, and uncle Leroy was talking out the side of his mouth, and the reason that was, because he had been in jail so long, it became an habit. Bad Boy, In chapter 6, Walter liked to play ball in the morning with Eric. Walter says African Americans, could be

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