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Pia Foster
In “Skitter Hitter,” Stevie attends Brookshire Boys Academy, where he’s a victim of vicious bullying at the hands of Marcus Bradford. Money is tight at Stevie’s house, so Stevie’s mom buys him too-big shirts that he’ll grow into—but that give Marcus the ability to write profanities on Stevie’s shirt without Stevie knowing. Marcus also engages in other verbal and physical bullying, which Stevie hides from his mom. He’s afraid to tell anyone because Marcus has threatened him—so when Marcus offers Stevie an opportunity to make the bullying stop, Stevie takes it. However, Stevie must help Marcus bully Pia Foster, something that makes sensitive, kind Stevie sick to his stomach. Stevie stays quiet and does nothing to stop Marcus from pushing Pia down and breaking her skateboard. But after this, Stevie is so ashamed of his actions that he tells his mom about the bullying and what happened. She drives him to Latimer Middle School to apologize to Pia and return her skateboard, but he never gets the opportunity.
Stevie Munson Quotes in Look Both Ways
The Look Both Ways quotes below are all either spoken by Stevie Munson or refer to Stevie Munson. 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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3. Skitter Hitter
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“Not that I’m not glad you’re washing your own clothes, but detergent and bleach ain’t free,” she’d say. And what Stevie couldn’t say was, I’m sorry, but there’s a boy in my school drawing on my clothes, because then his mother would say, I don’t send you to private school for boys to draw private parts on your private uniform that you still have to grow into, and Do I need to call the principal? and Stevie didn’t want to hear none of that. Stitches, remember? Maybe even ditches. Besides, Mr. Brock, the principal, already knew. He’d seen the pictures and words and all he ever said was, Boys will be boys.
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Stevie Munson Quotes in Look Both Ways
The Look Both Ways quotes below are all either spoken by Stevie Munson or refer to Stevie Munson. 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:
).
3. Skitter Hitter
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“Not that I’m not glad you’re washing your own clothes, but detergent and bleach ain’t free,” she’d say. And what Stevie couldn’t say was, I’m sorry, but there’s a boy in my school drawing on my clothes, because then his mother would say, I don’t send you to private school for boys to draw private parts on your private uniform that you still have to grow into, and Do I need to call the principal? and Stevie didn’t want to hear none of that. Stitches, remember? Maybe even ditches. Besides, Mr. Brock, the principal, already knew. He’d seen the pictures and words and all he ever said was, Boys will be boys.
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