![]() ![]() These two become unlikely friends for a while. ![]() And all the kids are from a different class, most are white. And he's trying to balance his old life, his old friends, his old neighborhood, with the new. If memory serves me, he's new to the community, new to the school. Walker's troubles seem to be with finding his place in a new school. "They stopped seeing my little sister, Kippy, and me, and they definitely stopped hearing what we said. No wonder Kirsten and her sister, Kippy, like to take refuge in the basement and watch tv and play with their pet rabbit. It seems Kirsten's mom is bent on making sure no one in the house has any peace or self-esteem. (Who wouldn't want to self-comfort with food after listening to her mother nag and nag and nag and nag and nag?) In addition to Kirsten's weight issues, Kirsten's parents seem to be having troubles of their own. Whether she's just a bit pudgy or actually bordering on overweight, her mother is on her case day and night 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. ![]() ![]() Kirsten is going through some personal drama. If A Tree Falls At Lunch Period has two narrators: a young girl, Kirsten McKenna, and a young boy, Walker Jones. Opening line: This is lame but I'm actually looking forward to school this year, because every day this summer was like crap: dog crap, cat crap-I even had a few elephant crap days. ![]()
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