Summary

In Chapter 3, after Jam tells DJ there wasn’t anything special that happened in Special Topics in English, Jam reads two chapters of “The Bell Jar.” She shares with her reader information about Sylvia Plath’s depression and life before transitioning to Reeve and the way they met during gym class. She tells about conversations they had in the cafeteria as well as a portrait she drew of Reeve during her art class. It was after Jam had drawn Reeve that Dana Sapol invited her to a party. It was that night the she and Reeve played with a dollhouse in Courtney Sapol’s room. They had kissed and Reeve had given Jam a jar of strawberry preserves. Back in the present, Jam tries to write in her journal but can’t.

In Chapter 4, DJ and Jam are woken by screaming. Jam runs...