Summary

Chapter 1, “Water Booger Bears,” winds up on Marston Street. The author notes that the novel began with a school bus falling from the sky, but since no one saw it, the story will begin with boogers. Jasmine Jordan and her best friend, Terrence Jumper (known as TJ) are preparing to leave Latimer Middle School for the day. Jasmine says she will not walk with TJ unless he does something about the boogers she can clearly see hanging out of his nose. They are best friends and Jasmine is not surprised when TJ wipes his nose on his shirt. TJ opens his locker and Jasmine can see several empty snack bags she put there. The two leave them for each other as “friendship flags,” which they also call the “litter of love” (3). Jasmine has recently been in the hospital after a flare up of sickle...