Miracle's Boys

by Jacqueline Woodson

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The main conflict in the story Miracle's Boys takes places between brothers Charlie and Lafayette. Charlie, who has just returned from juvenile detention, has been transformed from a kind child to a...

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Dr. Vernon helps Lafayette by listening to him and telling him that Mama's death was not his fault.

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In "Miracle's Boys", Lafayette confronts Aaron on the basketball court. He tells Aaron that Charlie doesn't need to join a gang because he has a badness inside of him. Aaron then tries to swing at...

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Ty’ree, the oldest of the three brothers, feels guilty about their father's death. In particular, he thinks about his final interactions with their father, as he was the only one present when he...

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In Miracle's Boys, Lafayette, the narrator of the novel, gets upset with his older brother Ty'ree in chapter eight. Lafayette is upset because Ty'ree seems to be defending his other brother, Charlie....

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In Miracle's Boys, the neighbors call Ty'ree “St. Ty'ree” because of his commitment to keeping his family together after his parents' deaths even thought it meant giving up a scholarship to MIT and...

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In Jacqueline Woodson's novel Miracle's Boys, the opening chapters reveal that Charlie (whom Lafayette, the narrator, dubs Newcharlie) blames Lafayette for his mother's death. Charlie has just...

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Lafayette wants to protect Charlie to stop his life from spiraling even further out of control. Although Charlie is older than Lafayette, he's considerably less mature, always getting into trouble...

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The last thing that Ty'ree from Miracle's Boys said to his dad was asking whether he thought that the dog was going to be okay. Ty'ree's dad had just saved the dog, along with the lady who owned it,...

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In Jacqueline Woodson's novel Miracle's Boys, readers can infer that Charlie keeps and tends plants to add beauty, color, and cheerfulness to his otherwise dreary world and to have something in which...

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In Miracle's Boys, Charlie says that one has to be tough to make it in the world because he learned this lesson from his stay in a juvenile correction facility. While there, he changed from a kid...

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