When Lynn returns home from the hospital, Katie's mother insists she is fine. It is only her anemia acting up; she just needs more liver. Katie feeds her every day and gives Lynn her pills, even when she does not want them. Sometimes she shoves them down her throat and holds her mouth closed until she swallows. Katie also gives extra liver to Sammy so he won't get anemia too.
One night, Katie is asleep in the living room on the new cot her parents bought her. She rolls over and Lynn is kneeling on the floor beside her cot. She tells Katie that Amber decided not to be her friend anymore. The next day, Katie sees Amber after summer school with some of her other friends. Amber and Katie call each other names.....
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