Keaton Delmar Johns

Albert

My name is Albert DaSilva, and I’m currently a Manhattan newsie. I sell papes for a

living with my younger brother, JoJo. Me and JoJo, well, we didn’t have the best of folks. Our

dad was a big drunk, and wasn’t terribly fond of his kids. He would take out his anger on me and

JoJo, mainly on JoJo. One day, I was fed up with it, so I took JoJo and we ran away. It was

tough tryna get food or money right after we ran away; we went weeks without a proper place to

sleep. One day, this kid named Jack Kelly was on his paper route and saw me and JoJo on the

street. He offered us a place to stay along with a bunch of other newsies. Me and JoJo finally

have a true family with the newsies now.

I gotta stay strong for JoJo, but it’s hard sometimes. I’ll fight whoever I have to protect

him, but sometimes, I gotta think about when to walk away (especially if it’s someone like a

Delancey brother). He puts on a brave face, but after what our dad did to him, I know he’s pretty

sensitive, so it’s my job to be his guardian.

I’m a bit of a jokester; I love teasin’ my friends especially Race and Finch. We all get a

kick out of making fun of Weasel, the crummy guy who sells our papes to us at the world.

I love me some food, especially some nice meat. When I get older, I wanna own a

restaurant with JoJo. I think we’d do a great job at it.