In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Isolation Quotes

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Quote #10

While books were being passed out, the principal came in with a new student. "Class, this is Emily. Emily Levy."

Shirley knew immediately that they would be friends. (9.33-34)

The positions have changed. Shirley isn't the newbie anymore—it's Emily's turn. Shirley knows exactly what this is like, though, so she sets out to befriend Emily. She wants to make the girl's experience more like she wishes her own had been, with a kind friend to fill her in on life at P.S. 8. What a nice way to give back.