Jazmin's Notebook Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 5: For Sale Summary

Chapter 5: For Sale Summary

May 28th

Jazmin has a friend named, Jabari, with whom she plays one-on-one basketball at school sometimes. Jazmin spots Jabari's grandmother coming down the street. When she nears Jazmin, she pulls out an 8 x 10 glossy of Jabari from the school prom. She's going to have it framed in silver. She acts like Jabari graduated from Harvard instead of junior high. Just as his grandmother pulls a naked baby picture of Jabari out of her wallet, he walks up. The tears of laughter are trickling down Jazmin's face as Jabari quickly snatches the picture away from his grandmother. But Jabari should feel blessed. There are no baby pictures of Jazmin or pictures of kid birthday parties for her. Even though CeCe is taking a lot of pictures of her now, she can't be sure how long that will last. If CeCe moves, those pictures could be lost. That's another...
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