Bad Boy Summary Chapter 5

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In chapter 5 of Bad Boy, Walter had done many outstanding things. Some were good some were bad. Walter and his friends had tried to hang another boy, named Richard. This action was very shocking to their pastor. They didn’t know what they were doing but their pastor did. In this chapter of the book Walter had also notice that he had speech issues. On page 42 it states,” I slowed down my speech and started reading from the top of the page, Johnny Brown started laughing immediately.” Johnny had always picked on Walter about his speech. To conclude, in this chapter, Walter’s father had come around. Walter had gotten to meet his dad’s side of the family.
In the beginning of chapter 6 Walter had beguine to like Mrs. Conway because she gave Walter

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