Chapter 18 Summary

Karen has come to take Antonia and her brothers into foster care. She tells Antonia that she does not know how long Antonia's mother will be in the hospital. In the meantime, they need to go somewhere else. Karen takes them to the Abeyta's house. Luis and Tillie had raised several children of their own and are enthusiastic about taking Antonia, Michael, and Chuckie in. Since the Abeyta's were in the same school district, they did not need to switch schools.

At the next peer counseling session, Antonia tells Jazz right off the bat that she does not want to talk about her living situation. She gives in a little and tells Jazz that the Abeyta's seem like nice people. When Antonia refuses to say anything else, she gets angry at Jazz for pushing, and they get into a fight, which ends with...