7/2/2023 0 Comments Isaiah dunn is my hero![]() Fisher hasn’t a clue and Angel Atkins, his classroom nemesis, likes to call him “Isaiah Dumb.” He keeps his poems to himself, and a lot of other things besides. His own gift is for poetry–putting words together in pictures is like solving a puzzle. It’s an inheritance from Daddy, who filled a notebook with stories about “Isaiah Dunn, Superhero.” Isaiah discovered the notebook after Daddy died, and is reading slowly through it. ![]() His best friend is the only one that knows that, but even Sneaky doesn’t suspect Isaiah’s love of (and gift for) words. Then the family lost their lease, and instead of being a few flights up from his best friend Sneaky, Isaiah and his mom and little sister are living in the “Smoky Inn”-his name for the motel that smells like cigarette smoke all the time. Mama took so much time off from work she lost her job. But Mama’s been all rain.ĭaddy’s death was sudden, and one thing it taught Isaiah was how quickly things could change. But at least me and Charlie started to have some sunny days after a while. ![]() Mama didn’t do very well after Daddy died, and neither did me and Charlie I guess. ![]()
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