They get rid of the dog poop from Samantha's area of the yard. They help tend the pea patch, picking mature pods and watering the plants. Grandma wakes them very early each morning for their chores. Things are different at their grandparents' home than from the life Genie and Ernie live in the city. Their conversation sets Genie's mind at ease about Grandpop. Grandpop sets Genie's mind at ease by inviting him to ask every question he can think of, and Genie has lists of questions. Genie quickly discovers that his grandfather is blind – a fact his grandfather tries to keep hidden because he hates that people treat him as if he is incapable of taking care of himself. They will soon leave for a two-week vacation to Jamaica, and Genie hopes they will return with their marriage rejuvenated. His parents spend the night but leave after breakfast the next morning, returning to their home in Brooklyn. Genie is a worrier, and he has already found a myriad of things that concern him by the time he arrives at his grandparents' home. Genie is aware that his parents are struggling in their marriage, and he fears that the biggest challenge ahead of him is that he will be forced to choose to live with one of his parents when they divorce. Genie Harris and his older brother, Ernie, arrive at his grandparents' home in June, a couple of weeks before Ernie's 14th birthday. Antheneum Books for Young Readers, Simon and Schuster, New York, New York, 2016. Nada.The following version of the book was used to create this study guide: Reynolds, Jason. Genie thinks that is AWESOME until he realizes Ernie has no interest in learning how to shoot. It's his fourteenth birthday, and, Grandpop says to become a man, you have to learn how to shoot a gun. Then Ernie lets him down in the bravery department. And when he finds the secret room that Grandpop is always disappearing into-a room so full of songbirds and plants that it's almost as if it's been pulled inside-out-he begins to wonder if his grandfather is really so brave after all. How does he match his clothes? Know where to walk? Cook with a gas stove? Pour a glass of sweet tea without spilling it? Genie thinks Grandpop must be the bravest guy he's ever known, but he starts to notice that his grandfather never leaves the house-as in NEVER. Thunderstruck, Genie peppers Grandpop with questions about how he hides it so well (besides wearing way cool Ray-Bans). The first is that he and his big brother, Ernie, are leaving Brooklyn for the very first time to spend the summer with their grandparents all the way in Virginia-in the COUNTRY The second surprise comes when Genie figures out that their grandfather is blind. , starred review) by the winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award. When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires-literally-in this 'pitch-perfect contemporary novel' (

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