She thinks all the signs are pointing to the boy being Jesus. She is elated with the thought that Jesus would choose Price School for his return to earth. Jesus Boy holds his ground and declares that he is not white, a statement which serves to confuse everyone.įrannie's best friend, Samantha, who is very religious and the daughter of a Baptist preacher, begins to hope that Jesus Boy is in fact the real Jesus. Trevor tells the new kid that he doesn't belong at Price School because he's white. He feels threatened by him, fearing that the presence of the white boy will bring the subject of race to the surface-a subject that he vigorously avoids. Trevor, who is bi-racial and the class bully, immediately resents the new kid. He seems to be white and he has long hair just like Jesus. Some of the children think the new kid looks like Jesus. She associates the new kid with her brother because they are both different and kids have strong reactions to both of them-some not so nice. Frannie, who is the narrator of the story, is intrigued by the new kid and has empathy for him. The children all have different reactions to the new kid. The kids in the class cannot understand why a white boy would choose to come to their school-all the white kids live and go to school across the highway. Although there is some question about his true identity, the new boy looks white in fact, he is extremely pale.
The children at Price School are all African Americans.
A new kid is enrolled in Frannie's sixth grade class.
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