Some important details from "Raymond's Run" by Toni Cade Bambara are as follows:
The main character and narrator of the story is a girl named Squeaky, who was given her nickname due to her high pitched voice. Her real name is Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker. Squeaky is tasked with taking care of her mentally handicapped brother, Raymond. Her older brother, George, used to take care of Raymond, but a lot of people picked on Raymond, and Squeaky is better at standing up to them than George was.
Squeaky is a runner, and the big kids call her "Mercury" because she is so fast.
In this story, Squeaky is training for the May Day Races, and she practices all of the time. Raymond is always with her.
Squeaky is in competition with a girl named Gretchen. Gretchen has a group of girls she hangs around with who like to say mean things about Raymond and give Squeaky problems, and Squeaky is always ready to fight them if it should come to that.
During the race, Gretchen and Squeaky nearly tie, but Squeaky comes out ahead. However, she has newfound respect for Gretchen and now sees her as a possible friend and partner. Together, Squeaky thinks, the two of them could coach Raymond because she realizes that he has also run the race on the other side of the fence and has kept up with them the entire time.
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