Chapters 2-3 Summary

Chapter 2. Dicey sits in her English class and listens to a discussion on character conflict in fiction. Dicey is bored by the standard fluff her other classmates come up with, but is impressed with the thoughts Wilhemina Smiths comes up with, the only other person in the class who seems to be as smart as Dicey. After school, Dicey sees a boy playing a guitar on a wall behind the school. Dicey is impressed with his song and speaks to him for a minute before rushing off to work. Dicey concentrates on cleaning the shelves in the small store before leaving for home. Dicey is scraping the paint off the old sailboat. She looks forward to working on the boat alone each afternoon, but this day Sammy comes out and asks to help. Dicey is annoyed and makes excuses to make...