Bronx Masquerade Chapter 56-60 Summary

Steve Ericson

Sheila may not know who she is, but Steve does—he's a New Yorker and one day he's going to work on Broadway.
The first time Steve saw a musical, he knew he wanted to be a set designer. Now he has tons of little mini sets in his room; he'll work on some new ones once he gets to college.
Unfortunately Steve's parents have announced that they're moving; they don't like the neighborhood anymore.
Steve isn't too psyched about finishing high school somewhere else, but he's not complaining too much.
He suspects his parents might be trying to get him to give up on his whole Broadway fantasy by moving, hoping he'll develop new interests in a new place. This definitely isn't likely, though.
In Mr. Ward's class, Steve is getting ready to read his poem in front of their visiting poet, Pedro Pietri. The newspaper is even coming to cover the event. Exciting.
Whether Steve gets to stay in this school or not, nothing is going to keep him from achieving his dreams. Broadway here he comes.

Steve's poem is all about dreaming.
People might try to put down your hopes and dreams, but you can't let them; you have to keep reaching for what you want. Yay, hope.

Tyrone wouldn't hang out with Steve (he is white, after all), but he has to admit his poem was pretty good.
Pedro Pietri thought so, anyway, since he clapped for Steve after he read. Mr. Pietri read some of his own poems for them, too.
The guy from the newspaper is here taking notes and pictures. Tyrone is glad someone is writing a positive story about their neighborhood, though the reporter is white, so who knows what he'll come up with.
Anyway, the reporter definitely got a picture of Tyrone, so hopefully he'll use it. The paper comes out next week and Tyrone is going to be the first in line to buy it.

School is tough for Raynard—it has too many words and not enough music. Music is his true love.
When Raynard thinks of his future, he just sees himself playing music, especially his alto saxophone.
That's why he brought the sax to class to play during Open Mike Friday.
He hasn't read a poem in class yet; Mr. Ward has skipped him because of his "secret." But this time, Mr. Ward tells Raynard he should open up about his troubles with the class.

As it turns out, Raynard's big secret is that he has dyslexia. This is why he's not too excited about writing and reading his poems.
Raynard doesn't have a clue how he ended up this way, and his doctors seem to think it's no big deal, but Raynard still feels weird about asking people for help with reading.
He really wishes people would stop wondering what his deal is.