The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton

Author:Virginia Hamilton
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLC
Published: 2010-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

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JUNIOR WAS RED under his skin. Standing in the middle of his room, he rocked from one foot to the other, swinging his heavy frame from side to side. His fat careened and rolled around him. He kept his eyes tight shut in order to know blackness within which he was red.

Junior’s swaying became rhythmic. He did a few turns of a dance, bobbing and flailing his arms. He performed an intricate routine with his feet, sliding them, then quickly stepping and turning. Junior had seen the slim black kids work their feet. He could do it just the way they did it, with his eyes shut, when he could be red.

“A’m lookin’ forty mile,” he sang. “Shuh, b’lieve a’m fixin’ ta die …” Junior held his wrists close to his belly. His elbows pumped at his sides and his fat hips swiveled, rippling the flesh beneath his clothes:

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