Chapters 5 and 6 Summary and Analysis

In Chapter 5: I Find a Porsche, after John's father got tenure, the family moved to a new house in a small town called Shutesbury. John made friends with kids at school and in the neighborhood. One day while exploring in the woods surrounding his neighborhood, he saw a new bright blue Porsche in a clearing. He was positive that it was left there for him. He crept up to the car and looked inside and opened the hood. There was no engine. John ran and got his friend, Ken, who was older than John. They came back and looked at the car. Ken thought it was a police stakeout, a lure for a car thief. There was probably a camera on them right then. The next day the car was still there. John got in and fantasized about being...