Mr. Brook Character Analysis in Orbiting Jupiter

Mr. Brook is Joseph Brook’s abusive father. A plumber, Mr. Brook brings young adolescent Joseph to work with him in the summers. When Joseph stops going to work with his father to spend time with the girl he likes, Madeleine Joyce, Mr. Brook beats him. After Joseph impregnates Madeleine, a social worker, Mrs. Stroud, investigates the Brook home. Ultimately, she decides to remove Joseph from Mr. Brook’s care and place him in foster care. Mr. Brook has a selfish, cynical, and resentful attitude toward Joseph, Joseph’s baby daughter Jupiter, and Joseph’s new foster family, the Hurds. He insists that the Hurds must be fostering Joseph to collect checks from the foster care system. When Mr. Hurd tells him that the Hurds are putting all the foster care checks into a college fund for Joseph, Mr. Brook becomes resentful of the idea that Joseph might attend college and think himself superior to his father. Mr. Brook holds up Jupiter’s adoption in an attempt to extort Madeleine’s parents and get money from a for-profit adoption. Eventually, Mr. Brook shows up at the Hurds’ house drunk, kidnaps Joseph, and drives himself and his son off a derelict bridge, causing their deaths.

Mr. Brook Quotes in Orbiting Jupiter

The Orbiting Jupiter quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Brook or refer to Mr. Brook. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

“You have him shoveling manure, too? Is that what you get out of this? A bunch of kids who have to shovel manure for you?”

Related Characters: Mr. Brook (speaker), Mrs. Hurd, Mr. Hurd, Jack (Jackson) Hurd , Joseph Brook

Page Number and Citation: 31

Explanation and Analysis:

One day while Joseph is at counseling, his father Mr. Brook shows up at the Hurds’ barn looking for him. He sees Jack cleaning the barn, assumes that Jack is a foster child like Joseph rather than Mr. Hurd’s biological child, and aggressively asks whether Mr. Hurd has Joseph “shoveling manure, too?” He also asks what Mr. Hurd “get[s] out of this,” i.e., out of fostering children who have been removed from their original homes. Mr. Brook’s questions and assumptions create a stark contrast between his parenting style and Mr. Hurd’s. When he asks what Mr. Hurd “get[s] out of” Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspicia

The winter I was six, I saw a yellow dog on thin ice on the Alliance. I was with my mother, and we were walking back from a breakfast potluck at First Congregational before it became old First Congregational. The yellow dog was out farther on the ice than Joseph, but not much, and it had fallen through and its eyes were huge and it was grabbing on with its front paws, scratching, looking for something to hold onto. It wasn’t making a sound. I told my mother we had to go get it, but she held my arm so I wouldn’t go down to the river.

Related Characters: Jack (Jackson) Hurd (speaker), Mr. Brook, Mrs. Hurd, Joseph Brook

Related Symbols: Yellow Dog

Page Number and Citation: 37

Explanation and Analysis:

One day, while Jack and Joseph are walking home from school, Joseph swerves off the road and ventures onto the thin ice covering the Alliance River. As Jack desperately tries to convince Joseph to return to solid ground, he flashes back to the time when, at age six, he saw a yellow dog fall through the ice on the Alliance River and eventually drown. This flashback serves both to characterize Jack—as someone who has matured out of childhood into young adolescence but not into full adulthood—and to foreshadow Joseph’s eventual fate. At six, Jack wanted to save the yellow dog, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae co

“He came onto the ice for me,” said Joseph.

My father turned his face slowly toward Joseph. “That’s what we’ll be talking about,” he said.

Related Characters: Joseph Brook (speaker), Jack (Jackson) Hurd (speaker), Mr. Hurd (speaker), Mr. Canton, Mr. Brook

Page Number and Citation: 44

Explanation and Analysis:

After Jack rescues Joseph from the Alliance River when Joseph falls through its thin ice, their vice principal Mr. Canton finds them and gives them a ride home. At home, Mr. Hurd verbally disciplines Jack, reminding Jack that each winter Mr. Hurd tells him not to go out onto the ice until Mr. Hurd tells him that it’s safe. Joseph interrupts this Mr. Hurd’s harangue to let Mr. Hurd know that Jack “came onto the ice” to save Joseph. Joseph’s interruption and Mr. Hurd’s response are moments of important development for both characters. When Joseph first arrives in the Hurds’ Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure.

Madeleine Joyce was thirteen years old when she met Joseph Brook. She lived in a house that had pillars in the front and a wing on each side and statues on the lawn. Her father and her mother were both lawyers, so she spent a lot of time by herself in that big house when she wasn’t away at her prep school. Sometimes she had a nanny who lived in the north guesthouse, sometimes not.

Related Characters: Jack (Jackson) Hurd (speaker), Madeleine “Maddie” Joyce, Mr. Brook, Jupiter, Joseph Brook

Page Number and Citation: 69

Explanation and Analysis:

Orbiting Jupiter’s narrator Jack is retelling in his own words Joseph’s account of how he ended up a 14-year-old father in foster care. Joseph begins by describing how he met Madeleine, the eventual mother of his baby daughter Jupiter. Joseph’s description of Madeleine’s background nuances the novel’s depiction of parenting by emphasizing that parents can be good or bad regardless of their socioeconomic status. While Joseph’s working-class father Mr. Brook is physically abusive, Madeleine’s wealthy lawyer parents are neglectful. Joseph’s description of Madeleine’s home makes clear that her parents are not only wealthy but ostentatiously rich: the house has “pillars,” Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad ten

She never asked him why his face looked so beat up.

Related Characters: Jack (Jackson) Hurd (speaker), Joseph Brook, Mr. Brook, Jupiter, Madeleine “Maddie” Joyce

Page Number and Citation: 71

Explanation and Analysis:

Jack is retelling in his own words Joseph’s account of how he ended up a 14-year-old father in foster care, including his account of his relationship with Madeleine Joyce, his baby Jupiter’s mother. Early in their relationship, Joseph started showing up at Madeleine’s house to hang out with his face “beat up”—but she never asked about the bruises. Madeleine’s silence about Joseph’s bruises illustrates her developmentally appropriate immaturity. While the novel suggests that Madeleine and Joseph begin a relationship in part to compensate for their loveless family lives (Madeleine’s parents are neglectful, while Joseph’s father Mr. Brook is physically abusive), Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia ea

He was going to be a father, he said.

He was only thirteen, she said again.

Related Characters: Jack (Jackson) Hurd (speaker), Jupiter, Mrs. Stroud, Joseph Brook, Mr. Brook, Mrs. Hurd, Mr. Hurd, Madeleine “Maddie” Joyce

Page Number and Citation: 78

Explanation and Analysis:

Jack is retelling in his own words Joseph’s account of how he ended up a young teenage father in foster care. In this section of Joseph’s story, Joseph is explaining how his social worker, Mrs. Stroud, came to tell him that his 13-year-old girlfriend, Madeleine, was pregnant and that she was removing him from his abusive father Mr. Brook’s household to a group home. On the ride from Mr. Brook’s house, when Joseph expresses a desire to be with Madeleine, Mrs. Stroud tells him that he can’t see Madeleine (her parents have taken out an injunction against him). When Joseph Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint q

“I’m alone,” he said.

“You’ve got me,” I said.

He laughed, but not a happy laugh. “Jackie, I’m a whole lifetime ahead of you,” he said.

Related Characters: Jack (Jackson) Hurd (speaker), Joseph Brook (speaker), Mr. Brook, Madeleine “Maddie” Joyce, Mr. Haskell, Jupiter, Mr. Canton

Page Number and Citation: 87

Explanation and Analysis:

After Joseph tells the Hurds how he became a father, that his girlfriend Madeleine died in childbirth, and that he wasn’t allowed to see his baby Jupiter, Joseph insists that he’s going to find Jupiter so that he won’t be “alone.” Jack insists that Joseph isn’t alone: “You’ve got me.” In reply, Joseph says that he’s “a whole lifetime ahead of” Jack. This exchange highlights an important dynamic in Jack and Joseph’s ultimately deep and loving friendship. At this point, Jack has already stood up for Joseph to prejudiced adults like Mr. Canton and Mr. Haskell, and he has already Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt r

You know what happened when Mr. Brook put his hand on Joseph’s back?

Joseph flinched.

But he went into the living room with his father anyway.

Related Characters: Jack (Jackson) Hurd (speaker), Mr. Brook, Mrs. Stroud, Mrs. Hurd, Mr. Hurd, Joseph Brook

Page Number and Citation: 124-125

Explanation and Analysis:

Joseph’s abusive father Mr. Brook has secured visitation rights to see Joseph while the Hurds are fostering him. When Mr. Brook puts a hand on Joseph’s back to lead him into the Hurds’ empty living room so that they can talk privately, Joseph visibly flinches but keeps going. Early in the novel, Joseph’s social worker Mrs. Stroud explained to the Hurds that due to a traumatic stay in a high-security juvenile facility, Joseph won’t let people touch him or get behind him. Yet in the previous chapter, after several months with the Hurds, Joseph hugged Mrs. Hurd and didn’t flinch Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum a

“And who do you think you’re kidding? You know you’ve got a sweet deal going. You get your check from the state every month to keep my kid. You’re in this for the money.” He pointed to Joseph. “You know you’re just a job for them? You are nothing but income.”

Related Characters: Jack (Jackson) Hurd (speaker), Mr. Brook (speaker), Mr. Hurd, Mrs. Hurd, Joseph Brook

Page Number and Citation: 128

Explanation and Analysis:

State foster care systems give foster parents a monthly stipend to help with the cost of housing, feeding, and care for a foster child or children. In general, this monthly stipend is not particularly large. Nevertheless, toward the end of his first visit with Joseph, Joseph’s abusive father, Mr. Brook, explodes at Joseph’s foster father, Mr. Hurd, accuses Mr. Hurd of foster parenting “for the money,” and makes the improbable claim that the monthly foster-care stipend constitutes a “sweet deal.” Mr. Brook’s outburst characterizes his damaging parenting style in two ways. First, he cannot conceive of a father—biological, foster, or Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis.

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

And that’s when I started crying. Crying like a kindergarten kid in front of everyone. Crying because Joseph wasn’t just my friend.

I had his back.

And he had mine.

That’s what greater love is.

Related Characters: Reverend Ballou (speaker), Jack (Jackson) Hurd (speaker), Joseph Brook, Mr. Brook

Page Number and Citation: 179

Explanation and Analysis:

At Joseph’s funeral, Reverend Ballou quotes from the Gospel of John 15:13: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” In the Gospel, the quotation comes from Jesus Christ talking to his disciples, ordering them to “love one another as I love you” (John 15:12) and then specifying what such a love means. Given that Jesus Christ will be crucified later in the Gospel to atone for humanity’s sins, the quotation also foreshadows Joseph’s sacrificial death. Joseph died because his drunk, abusive father drove him onto a derelict bridge that collapsed Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaq

Mr. Brook Character Timeline in Orbiting Jupiter

The timeline below shows where the character Mr. Brook appears in Orbiting Jupiter. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

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One afternoon, while Joseph is at counseling, a man with Joseph’s “black eyes”—Joseph’s father, Mr. Brook —appears in the Hurd barn and asks Jack where Joseph is. The cows moo unhappily,... (full context)

In Joseph’s story, he meets Madeleine when they are both 13. Mr. Brook , a plumber, works on Madeleine’s fancy house, and he makes Joseph carry his tools.... (full context)

...Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) starts doing home visits with Joseph and Mr. Brook . Madeleine’s parents pull her from Andover and send her to a school in Pennsylvania.... (full context)

...be a parent. He wants to be with Madeleine and the baby far away from Mr. Brook , and he wonders whether Madeleine’s parents will help them move away from Maine. When... (full context)

...been waiting to hear news of Jupiter. But when Mrs. Hurd answers the phone, it’s Mr. Brook . After a testy conversation, Mrs. Hurd gives the phone to Joseph and explains to... (full context)

...front. The boys enter the house and see Mr. Hurd, Mrs. Hurd, Mrs. Stroud, and Mr. Brook . Mr. Brook announces that he’s going to take Joseph for a drive, but Mrs.... (full context)

Mrs. Stroud apologizes to the Hurds, saying that she recommended against Mr. Brook getting visitation, but his lawyer finagled it. When Mr. Hurd asks what Mr. Brook wants,... (full context)

...afternoon milking. Hearing yells, Jack reenters the house and finds Joseph backed against the wall. Mr. Brook , meanwhile, is yelling at Mr. Hurd that he has rights to his son and... (full context)

...from the state. Mrs. Hurd clarifies that they intend it to be Joseph’s college fund. Mr. Brook asks derisively whether the Hurds think Joseph is going to go to college as if... (full context)

Mr. Brook laughs, insisting that the teachers don’t know what they’re talking about. He says he’s going... (full context)

Mr. Brook leaves. In the ensuing silence, Jack suggests he should finish milking. When he goes back... (full context)

...to tell Joseph that Jupiter is well but needs a permanent family, which Joseph and Mr. Brook should let her have. Jack—who knows that Joseph would be furious if Jack told him... (full context)

...sees Mrs. Hurd standing with Joseph. Mr. Hurd is standing in front of them, and Mr. Brook is by the door, holding a gun. Mr. Brook grabs Jack and orders Mr. Hurd... (full context)

Joseph yells, “You sold her!” Mr. Brook retorts that Joseph was never going to have her (Jupiter) and that “we needed a... (full context)

Joseph says he’ll come with Mr. Brook but tells him to let Jack go. He walks out from behind Mr. Hurd. Mr.... (full context)

After the fact, Jack and the Hurds reconstruct what happened: Mr. Brook was driving too fast. Mr. Canton, driving out of school, saw the white pickup coming... (full context)

Mr. Brook Character Analysis

Mr. Brook Quotes in Orbiting Jupiter

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Mr. Brook Character Timeline in Orbiting Jupiter