Part 2, Chapter 10 Summary

When Apache is fifteen years old the prison has a new program where parents in the surrounding community foster a prison child for a week. The child spends nights with the foster family and days at the prison with their mother from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Arlene and Pat O'Connor sign up for the program expecting a four year old girl and are surprised when they end up with a very tall, fifteen year old boy. They take him for Chinese food the first night and like him immediately. He speaks lovingly of his mother and family and how he needs to be the example for his younger siblings. He shares his worry about his younger brother and sister and how they are heading down the wrong path and may end up in prison if they do not change their...