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Cecelia Clarke
Bronson is Maxine’s little brother. Since he is significantly younger than his two sisters, Maxine does not spend much time with him in school, but as he grows older, he develops behavioral issues, such as skipping school events and talking back to Cleopatra, that suggest that he, like Maxine, is struggling with racist harassment and bullying at school.
Bronson Clarke Quotes in The Hate Race
The The Hate Race quotes below are all either spoken by Bronson Clarke or refer to Bronson Clarke. 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:
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Chapter 10 Quotes
But the scene at the bike park just kept looping in my head. Her silence. The way they’d suddenly disappeared. I knew they were scared. I knew they were just kids. But so were we. My friend’s silence hurt more than the names we’d been called—more than seeing my brother’s bloody, grazed knee.
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Bronson Clarke Character Timeline in The Hate Race
The timeline below shows where the character Bronson Clarke appears in The Hate Race. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2
...their rather unwelcoming surroundings, Bordeaux and Cleopatra have three children in Kellyville: Cecilia, Maxine, and Bronson. Although the early 1980s see race riots in the United Kingdom, the Clarkes are distanced...
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Chapter 10
...bike, which she frequently rides around the neighborhood, at the same time that her brother Bronson does. Bordeaux, a talented amateur engineer, builds them new bikes, which they adore. They take...
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Chapter 17
As Maxine gets older, she notices her siblings’ own lives developing alongside hers: Bronson is increasingly rebellious, and Cecelia begins dating a 20-year-old. A major change in Maxine’s own...
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Chapter 24
...home to find Bordeaux’s things gone. Maxine calls Cleopatra, who hurries home. While Maxine waits, Bronson arrives home, and she has to tell him what’s happened. It soon becomes clear that...
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