Chapter Summary: Bad Boy By Walter Lee

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Chapter five of the book Bad Boy is called Bad Boy. Walter talks mainly about how a lot of unexpected things that had happened to him during this time of his life in chapters five and six. In chapter five, Walter had first realized that he had a speech problem. Walter had known that kids in his class would make fun of him but he just thought they were doing just because. Walter talks more about how kids teased him for having this problem, as you go deeper into the chapter. Kids teased Walter when they saw him carry books down the street that he was reading or planning to read later. To prevent that problem Walter started carrying the books in a brown paper bag. In this chapter, Walter’s speech wasn’t the only problem. On page 35, Walter states

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