Summary Of Tuesday Of The Other June By Norma Mazer

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Standing Up “Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Mazer is a realistic short story about a girl named June who gets bullied by a girl with the same name. In the beginning, June goes to swim class for the first time. Soon, she meets a bully who has the same name as her and the bully says she can’t use that name. In the end June moves and thinks that all her problems are over, until she finds out she goes to school with the bully. This story shows that June wants to protect her mom. One way June protects her mom is she doesn’t wake her mom. In paragraph nine, June is in her bed, trying to fall asleep, but can’t. Her mom is in her bed, and asleep. June puts her hand over her mouth so she won’t scream. She thought thieves and murderers were walking up her stairs. The author says in paragraph nine, “I stuffed my hand into my mouth. If I screamed and woke her, she’d be tired at work tomorrow.” This proves that June protects her mom because she cares about if she is tired for work. She keeps her from waking up at night so she isn’t tired. …show more content…

In paragraphs 38-39 June is at home, staying with her mom, but her mom wants her to play with her friends. June decides that she doesn’t want to go with her “friends” and wants to stay with her mom. “No, I’d rather be with you.” She doesn’t tell her mom why she doesn’t want to go play with her so called “friends” because it would hurt her. This proves June protects her mom because June doesn’t get her mom involved by telling her why she doesn’t want to go play with the “friends”. She believes her mom would get hurt by the fact June is being