A Different Game (2010)
A Different Game
“I hope you are all settling into your new classes. There are a lot of announcements this morning, so everyone listen up.”
Ms. Clarkson, the principal, has a scratchy voice that makes Murphy cringe, like when Mom stirs cheese sauce in a saucepan with a metal spoon. He ignores the principal until she says, “The first senior boys’ soccer tryout will be held on the upper field after the second lunch bell at twelve fifteen. Coach Kennedy wants me to remind you that only boys with full soccer gear will be allowed on the field. That means shoes, shorts, shirts and protection.”
Jeez, Murphy cringes, does she have to mention protection right out loud on the announcements like that? Isn’t it kind of private? Then he thinks about Albert and the other boys. Murphy has his gear in his backpack, but what about them? At the tribal school, they had only needed a full set of gear when they played a game. How were they supposed to know about Riverside’s rules?
After homeroom, Murphy meets Jeff in the hall.
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