![]() ![]() This makes them all stop in their tracks, and even Rayray feels badly and says that he doesn't fault Jesus Boy for being a little lost. Jesus Boy starts crying and says that his parents moved over to this side of the highway because they didn't fit in on the other side. The next day at school, Trevor is out because he broke his arm, but the other kids-including one of Trevor's friends named Rayray-start in on Jesus Boy for well… looking like Jesus and wanting to be called Jesus Boy instead of by his real name. The other kids-especially a mean boy named Trevor-try to pick on the boy, who picks up the nickname Jesus Boy. Nonetheless, white people live and go to school on the "other" side of the highway, and black people have their community on "this" side of the highway. Frannie's school is all black, even though it's the 1970s and segregation is technically over. This is a big deal because the boy (1) has long hair, and (2) is white. Everything begins in Feathers when a new boy shows up at Frannie's school. ![]()
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