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Kenzi is Simeon’s best friend and is the smallest boy in his grade (he’s the same size as Bit Burns). Except for his small stature, there’s nothing defining about Kenzi: he’s average in terms of everything from his intelligence and his attractiveness to his humor. Kenzi’s dream is to be a famous lawyer one day, but because he and Simeon live on Chestnut Street—a low-income and supposedly frightening part of town—nobody aside from Simeon takes Kenzi’s dream seriously. Indeed, many adults Kenzi encounters at school and in his community suggest that Kenzi is doomed to end up like his brother, Marcus, who’s in prison. Kenzi idolizes Marcus and carries Marcus’s old blue handball everywhere with him. He wishes for nothing more than for Marcus to get out of prison and possibly teach him to play handball. He and Simeon regularly perform a secret handshake that they learned from Marcus and Simeon’s older brother, Chucky.
Kenzi Thompson Quotes in Look Both Ways
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She turned and added, “When you two grow up, I really hope you become more than horse and jockey, because people lose a lot of money betting on horse races.”
“Not if they bet on us,” Simeon zapped right back at her.
“Plus, I want to be a lawyer,” Kenzi said, trying to control the sting in his throat.
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A kingdom full of princes, like Kenzi and Simeon, princes no one ever bet on anyway.
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Such silly things to take, a gossipy newspaper and a lighter, as if Fredo ain’t own a store. One with a bunch of newspapers and matches and lighters behind the counter. But still, it was about the principle. The loyalty. The brotherhood.
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Kenzi Thompson Quotes in Look Both Ways
The Look Both Ways quotes below are all either spoken by Kenzi Thompson or refer to Kenzi Thompson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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6. Fives Things Easier to Do...
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She turned and added, “When you two grow up, I really hope you become more than horse and jockey, because people lose a lot of money betting on horse races.”
“Not if they bet on us,” Simeon zapped right back at her.
“Plus, I want to be a lawyer,” Kenzi said, trying to control the sting in his throat.
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A kingdom full of princes, like Kenzi and Simeon, princes no one ever bet on anyway.
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Such silly things to take, a gossipy newspaper and a lighter, as if Fredo ain’t own a store. One with a bunch of newspapers and matches and lighters behind the counter. But still, it was about the principle. The loyalty. The brotherhood.
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