Chapters 16-20 Summary and Analysis

Chapter 16 - Pop

In August, Todd takes Colton to work with him as he goes to install a garage door. The boy isn't very interested in the job, but he likes riding in the truck. During the trip, Colton asks his father if he had a grandfather named Pop. After asking this, he tells Todd that Pop was very nice. Todd is floored because Pop had died a quarter of a century before Colton's birth. The boy mentions that he knew his father was very close to Pop.

Todd thinks back to his childhood and to how close he was with his grandfather. He often visited him because his father had bipolar disorder. When he had the episodes, his mother would send the children to the grandparents. His grandfather was a well-loved farmer who only attended church occasionally. Todd's...