His teachers, they say he has potential. Sweet kid, too, always helping my mom with the groceries and even keeps his room pretty clean. Me, I can always get a real job, and my crew and my girl are here anyway. I m pretty smart, you know, get good grades and all, but he s a genius. I knew my dad didn t know the difference, but Petey took it all real serious.
Kids just hangin out all day, playin and huntin .
I didn t understand. Petey used to pretend he was the guy in the books. I think that s why he s smarter than me now, why he oughta be gettin this letter. He always wanted to get out, be someone else, try stuff. It s not a place I want to leave Petey and my moms alone in.