A Boy. 
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Summary

himself    listen    closet    fit    back  

Bradley sat at the _____ of the classroom by ________. No one wanted to sit with him. He would have preferred to sit in the _______. Then he would not have had to _______ to his teacher. Unfortunately, his desk could not ____ in the closet.

next to    Nobody    Jeff Fishkin    shy  

A new boy, _____________, joined the class. He did not talk much and he seemed a bit ____. There were only two places for Jeff to sit. One place was ________ Bradley and the other was in front of Bradley. _______ in the class liked sitting near to Bradley, but Jeff sat next to him. He smiled at Bradley but Bradley just looked away.

 
squares    language   rubbish    scribbling

While Mrs. Ebbel was teaching the class, Bradley was ___________ on some paper. His desk was full of old bits of ________ that he had stuck together with tape. Later, Mrs. Ebbel gave their _________ test back. All the students had done well but Bradley got an F. He cut his test up into many tiny little ________.

dollar    recess

At ______ time, he was surprised when Jeff tried to talk to him because no one ever talked to him. When Jeff wanted to talk to him, he said, “Give me a _______ or I will spit on you.”