It was only for a second, but Genie caught him. Here our book focuses on the little girl telling her baby sister about being brave and facing fears. Thunder boomed and Grandpop braced himself on the edge of the table. The second important point is that Ernest continues to obey Grandpop's rule, even though Ernest is literally refusing to talk to Grandpop because he is holding a grudge against him. This is seen again later when Grandpop becomes angry when Genie refers to Grandma as Grandpop's caregiver. Not only do they not understand the ways of the country, they don’t really know their grandparents, either. They are Brooklynites, and the country is completely foreign to them. He and his brother Ernie (13) have to go stay with their grandparents for the summerin the rural countryside of Virginia. The first is that Grandpop hates for people to expect him to be disabled because of his blindness, and that he wants desperately for his life to be as normal as possible. As Brave as You is about a boy named Genie (11). There are two important points of Ernest's statement. Importance: Ernest is explaining why no one had told Genie that Grandpop was blind. From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age story about two brothers, one who presents as white, the other as black, and the complex ways in which th. That way they don't just come into his house thinking of him as, well, handicapped.” As Brave As You is a slow, evolving story about two brothers getting to know their grandfather with moments that entertain. It's something he likes to do for himself after he's met the person.
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