Likes to rap/wants to be a rapper; dad died in a drive-by; BFF with Wesley; acts like narrator-talks after each character

Her boyfriend hit her; doesn't want to be like her sister that gets abused by her boyfriends

Puerto Rican; likes to paints; wants to be a famous artist

She wants to be loved, thinks a baby might bring her love; her real dad left her; 2-breaks up with her boyfriend; friends make it so she is not so lonely

Really tall and everyone thought she should play basketball (especially her dad), but she wasn't any good; wanted to be an artist instead

"Jump Shot"; really good at basketball BUT he really loved reading, tried to to hide it from his friends

She has a baby; life is hard to balance school, baby, work; life before the baby was fun/"normal"

She's overweight, not happy with her appearance; crush on Devon; loves to read/poetry; 2-Tried to have a connection in the bathroom with Judianne but then got made fun of.

white; her mom died of cancer; lives with her grandma; feels like a minority; had run-in with Porsha in bathroom

envies other girls' beauty (jealous); very dark skin but has a great body; she sews new outfits for herself (all the time)

nickname "caramel cutie;" everyone likes her for her looks; once cut her hair to change her looks

nickname is "Preacher"; had honey poured on his shoes; knows he is not perfect, tries to be kind, forgiving

Wants to be stone (feel nothing); mom left her family in a divorce-this left a hole in her (figuratively); jealous of everyone and everything

Italian but doesn't look it; wants to be called Natalina-her Africana name; trying to find her identity in a diverse classroom setting

wants to be a set designer on Broadway; parents want him to move away from the city; doesn't want anyone to doubt his dreams

Has dyslexia-shares with the class so they know why he doesn't read aloud; really good at music-saxophone

Mom died of a drug overdose-she used to beat her; Porsha was bullied for 9 months then snapped and beat up another girl; now this is the way she is known to her classmates

Half black-half Vietnamese; new student; feels like she doesn't belong anywhere; has hope with Mr. Ward's class

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Bronx Masquerade

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Term	Definition
Wesley "Bad Boy" Boone	He doesn't like to do homework; Tyrone's BFF; likes poet Langston Hughes; tried to turn in a bunch of poems instead of an essay.
Mr. Ward	English teacher
Tyrone Bittings	Likes to rap/wants to be a rapper; dad died in a drive-by; BFF with Wesley; acts like narrator-talks after each character
Chankara Troupe	Her boyfriend hit her; doesn't want to be like her sister that gets abused by her boyfriends
Raul Ramirez	Puerto Rican; likes to paints; wants to be a famous artist
Lupe Algarin	She wants to be loved, thinks a baby might bring her love; her real dad left her; 2-breaks up with her boyfriend; friends make it so she is not so lonely
Diondra Jordan	Really tall and everyone thought she should play basketball (especially her dad), but she wasn't any good; wanted to be an artist instead
Devon Hope	"Jump Shot"; really good at basketball BUT he really loved reading, tried to to hide it from his friends
Gloria Martinez	She has a baby; life is hard to balance school, baby, work; life before the baby was fun/"normal"
Janelle Battle	She's overweight, not happy with her appearance; crush on Devon; loves to read/poetry; 2-Tried to have a connection in the bathroom with Judianne but then got made fun of.
Leslie Lucas	white; her mom died of cancer; lives with her grandma; feels like a minority; had run-in with Porsha in bathroom
Judianne Alexander	envies other girls' beauty (jealous); very dark skin but has a great body; she sews new outfits for herself (all the time)
Tanisha Scott	nickname "caramel cutie;" everyone likes her for her looks; once cut her hair to change her looks
Sterling Hughes	nickname is "Preacher"; had honey poured on his shoes; knows he is not perfect, tries to be kind, forgiving
Amy Moscowitz	Wants to be stone (feel nothing); mom left her family in a divorce-this left a hole in her (figuratively); jealous of everyone and everything
Shelia Gamberoni	Italian but doesn't look it; wants to be called Natalina-her Africana name; trying to find her identity in a diverse classroom setting
Steve Ericson	wants to be a set designer on Broadway; parents want him to move away from the city; doesn't want anyone to doubt his dreams
Raynard Patterson	Has dyslexia-shares with the class so they know why he doesn't read aloud; really good at music-saxophone
Porsha Johnson	Mom died of a drug overdose-she used to beat her; Porsha was bullied for 9 months then snapped and beat up another girl; now this is the way she is known to her classmates
Mai Tren	Half black-half Vietnamese; new student; feels like she doesn't belong anywhere; has hope with Mr. Ward's class
Nikki Grimes	author of Bronx Masquerade

Created by: Mrs. V BMS

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