Birdie reluctantly tells her mother about the inconsistent lies to the Marshes. Instead of packing the car and moving, as she would have done in the past, Sandy simply tells the Marshes that "Jesse" tends to fantasize about her grandparents, who rejected their non-Jewish daughter-in-law.
Sandy has decided it is time for Birdie to attend school. Sandy says she is tired of running and drills Birdie on her cover story. In the eighth grade, Birdie quickly becomes part of a group of girls led by Mona. There is only one black girl at the school, Samantha Tabor. Birdie can tell by looking that Samantha is biracial, half black and half white like herself. However, with Samantha's caramel skin and curly hair, she could never pass for white. Samantha is a.....
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