Betsey Brown

The novel that I am reading at this moment is called Betsey Brown by Ntozake and it places a thirteen year old girl in St. Louis which forces her to become an adult pretty quickly. This is some information on it:

Pages 13- 27

Comments

* This novel takes place in St. Louis in the date of 1959.
* Betsey Brown lives with her two sisters, a little brother, a cousin who she hates, both of her parents and her grandmother.
* Betsey is the oldest out of her siblings and she does takes the most responsibility around the house
*Betsey is starting to find herself at first.
* Betsey has to take care of all of those meddling kids


Questions

• When was Betsey's Birthday?
• Why was these children so out of place?
• How many friends does Betsey actually have?
• What school does Betsey Brown go to?

Unknown Words

• Brazen- shameless or impudent. Page 25
• Bawdy-indecent; lewd; obscene. Page 24
• Ingenuously- free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere. Page 27

Summarizing Sentence

This story is in the beginning in which Betsey Brown is learning about life.