Summary

Chapter 4

Jessie tries to figure out why Evan would react the way that he did. She misses how close they used to be and can’t figure out what she can do to make things right between them. Even having Megan be her partner, someone that she knows is nice and that Evan likes, hasn’t helped matters. In fact it seems to have made things worse. She plays over the events in her mind and her conclusion is that Evan is just being mean to be mean. She determines that she will make him take notice of her.

In Chapter 4 we see the theme of sibling rivalry beginning to emerge. Refusing to talk about the real problem, which is Jessie being promoted and placed in Evan's classroom for the year, brother and sister opt to continue to harbor hurt feelings and anger...