gentle and kind
to ask someone for help
to injure a living being permanently
a young hen
requiring a quick action
(of a person) severely abused
(of objects) unimpressive
lighthearted or heartful activity
(of people) horrified
an impertinent person
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At the time of our meeting Beka, she is fourteen years old, and influenced a great deal - not always for the better - by her seventeen-year-old best friend Toycie Qualo. Toycie gets pregnant during her senior year of high school,...
Bill Lamb was struggling to progress in the business world of the town, but he was quite satisfied to remain in the class where he was comfortable. He had no use for what he called "artificiality and sham” (Pg 21).
Toycie is Beka's best friend whose death comes along with mysterious deaths in the political sphere. Toycie was poor, and she ended up pregnant. Although Beka and Toycie were friends throughout their lives, this novel actually takes place after...
