Summary

In “The Next Eight Days,” Jack is concentrating on the plans for Dusty’s robot when Kam and Seth start reading to him from an article listing the top ten reasons to date a fat girl. Jack grabs the article away and smacks Seth in the head. He orders his friends to leave Libby alone. Jack tries not to let their laughter bother him and wonders if he is shallow.

In Libby’s section, Libby shares with Jayvee that she decided not to get the tests, that Atticus knew best.

In Jack’s section, Jack asks Libby to go out with him. She agrees.

In Libby’s section, Libby is nervous as her father talks to Jack. She can see that her father still does not understand why she is going out with Jack.

In Jack’s section, Jack...