In the book, Enaiat is telling his story to an interviewer, so there are a few times he will break from the story and discusses certain topics with his interviewer, Fabio Geda (author). Who is represented in the italicized lines? How do you know?

wispy

thin and weak

He must’ve been held back several grades, because he was the only sixth grader with acne and the start of a wispy beard on his chin.

pulverize

make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust

It’s weird being alone with a teacher, especially Mrs. Dodds. Something about the way she looked at the frieze, as if she wanted to pulverize it.

squall

sudden violent winds, often accompanied by precipitation

One of the current events we studied in social studies class was the unusual number of small planes that had gone down in sudden squalls in the Atlantic that year.