Read the excerpt from "Raymond's Run." The narrative voice in this passage allows readers to
make a judgement about
"Well, Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker, going to give
someone else a break this year?" I squint at [Mr.
Pearson) real hard to see if he is seriously thinking!
should lose the race on purpose just to give someone
else a break... "That new girl should give you a run for
your money." He looks around the park for Gretchen like
a periscope in a submarine movie ... I give him such a
look he couldn't finish putting that idea into words.
Grownups got a lot of nerve sometimes.
O Gretchen.
Mr. Pearson
the race.
the park.