Summary

In Chapter 39 John describes an incident that happened that day in English class. The students were assigned an essay to write about someone they know. John wrote about Scooter. During class, Mike steals Penn's essay, crumples it into a ball, and throws it at John. John catches it and reads the essay during class. Penn's essay is about his great-grandfather, Henry Wilhide Webb III, who he is very close to and who will be coming to visit soon. Penn writes of his secret hope that his great-grandfather will be able to see him race in the Penn Relays. At the end of class John returns Penn's essay to him. John tells the reader that track signups are the next day. In Chapter 40 John talks about how Abby scared a ChemLawn weedkiller technician off their property. This infuriates their father who wants to get...