Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon by Paula Danziger

Author:Paula Danziger [Danziger, Paula]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781101660591
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 1993-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Six

I’m halfway through a worksheet on fractions when Justin walks into class.

I’m so glad, not only that he’s back but that he can help me to understand what to do with ?⁄6 = 2⁄3.

He sits down at his desk.

I hand him the box of wooden fraction pieces. “Welcome back.”

He smiles and then looks over at my worksheet. “The answer is ‘4.’”

Mr. Cohen comes over, hands him a worksheet and says, “Welcome back. How’s it going?”

“Great.” Justin reaches into his knapsack and pulls out a pencil with Alabama written on it. “This is for your collection, Mr. Cohen.”

Great? Great? Great, I think. Here I spent all of this time missing him and he says things are going great.

Justin smiles. “A lot happened.”

Leaning down, Mr. Cohen quietly asks Justin, “Later, would you like to tell the class about what’s happening? You certainly don’t have to, but if you want to, it might be fun to share.”

“Sure.” Justin nods.

As Mr. Cohen walks away, I wish that he hadn’t said that to Justin. I want Justin to tell me first, not to have everyone find out at the same time.

I look over at Justin.

He is doing the math work very quickly.

I look down at my math and then start chewing on my stub of a pencil.

It would have been nice if Justin had given me a new pencil, too.

Finished with his math, Justin picks up my paper and checks it out.

He finds two mistakes, shows me how to do it correctly and then helps me finish up.

Fractions are not my favorite thing.

In fact, they are one of my least favorite things. The only things I hate more are 1) Brussels sprouts, 2) watching kids pick their noses and eat the snot and 3) having people I love leave.

Mr. Cohen flicks the lights off and on. “Take a minute to finish the problem you’re working on and raise your hand if you want me to come over and explain anything. You can finish this up for homework.”

People finish up.

Since Justin and I are already done, we play tic-tac-toe.

I win.

We enter the win on a scorecard that Justin keeps in his desk.

We’ve been keeping track since the beginning of the school year.

I’m ahead. Two hundred and twenty to one hundred and ninety-nine.

The lights flick off and on.

“Clear your desks. Get ready to pay attention. Justin is going to tell us about his trip.”

Everyone gets ready, and Justin goes to the front of the room.

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