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Summary ­ chapter 21 Summary ­ chapter 22
Christmas vacation starts
Scott sees Julia not sitting with Kelly anymore.
Scott writes a Christmas Tom Swifty:
"Merry Christmas," Scott said presently.
Scott gets clothes instead of the computer he
wants.
Lee calls Scott on New Year's Eve to wish him a
"Happy New Year."
Bobby's band friends Wayne and Charley visit and
want Bobby to go to Nashville, but Bobby doesn't.
Newspaper prints "A Football Feast" because Mouth
gives it to Mandy.
Vernon almost beats up Scott because of the article,
but Wesley stops him.
Scott goes to another dance seeing Julia & Vernon and
Mouth get rejected.
Scott finds out he will do most of the work on stage crew.
Scott meets Wesley in the principal's office and tells
Wesley that he's there for perambulation (= walking).
Wesley starts taking Scott to school, but they're
sometimes late.
New Spanish teacher: Mr. Kamber from Australia
Scott quits student council, and then Julia becomes the
Summary ­ chapter 23 president.
Summary ­ chapter 24
Scott learns about narrative, descriptive, expository,
and persuasive writing.
Wesley gets gas for car by siphoning out of cars at the
YMCA. Scott offers to pay, but Wesley likes stealing.
Midterms (January)
Vernon really wants to hurt Scott.
Scott finds out Smelly is a boy (Sean).
Snow Day: Wesley visits on a snowmobile and Mrs.
Hudson wants to invite him for hot chocolate with minimarshmallows,
but Scott thinks Wesley isn't that kind of
guy.
Julia and Kelly are friends again.
Patrick's dad is transferred to Japan.
Scott does not invite but tells Lee she should come to
Valentine's dance.
Wesley thinks Mandy is attractive.
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Summary ­ Chapter 25
On Valentine's Day, Lee gives Scott black jelly beans, which Wesley eats and then his teeth turn black.
At the Valentine's Dance, Scott has a bad time except he sees Julia walk away from Vernon for a while.
Mouth gets rejected again.
Scott is nervous about asking a girl to dance because of the short story "The Waltz."
Mouth comes to Scott's house to pay him back the lunch money he borrowed.
Kyle and Kelly look like they are dating.
Someone commits suicide. Scott thinks that it's Lee and runs to find her. He finds her and she says she'd
never do that.
Mouth tries to hang himself but the ceiling fan breaks and he goes to the hospital.
Other kids start making sick jokes about Mouth. Scott is so angry that he slams a jokester, Danny, against a
locker.
Mandy offers to let Scott do book reviews, but he declines because he feels guilty about wanting to do them
when he first heard about Mouth's suicide attempt.
Wesley takes Scott to the bowling alley and seems sincere about Mouth.
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