· A female teacher named Ms. Watts realizes an inner-city Black boy named George Cantrell is really smart and a good person so she takes him under her wing
· He is called the Wizard because of his coke dealing skills
· The Wizard tells his kinda stupid sorta friend Rensselaer about it
o Ms. Watts and the Wizard met when he was in 6thgrade and when he destroyed her roses but he felt badly so he used his coke money and planted new ones
· Ms. Watts told him to take a prep school admissions test for Alden Hill
· On his third try, he does really well and got an interview then acceptance than a scholarship
· The Wizard has been out of school, learning from Ms. Watts, exploring the city, and dealing drugs
· For the five months before school starts, he focuses on dealing for Earl (his boss) and even meets Earl’s family
o Earl has a daughter named Delight
· Earl and the Wizard do a drug run to Miami then come back to find Delight died
· The Wizard decides he’s done with dealing
· Says goodbye to Watts who is in some sort of care home
o “It looks like they made a 'dummy' Miss Watts out of her old green sweater and a dried peach for her head. She looks at him, a long look with nothing in it”
· He moves