Because a boy’s role was to play the game, and it was the girls who were meant to cheer them on. Right? Mr. Tavares held a finger to his lips. “He’s just a kid,” he hissed. “He’ll grow out of it.” And what if he didn’t? I wondered. Would he still be as much of a man in their eyes? Or, what if Kane didn’t identify as a guy at all? What then?
