Summary

Chapter 6

The next day finds Evan acting suspiciously. He asks Jessie if he can borrow some old foam core from her room. She isn’t about to share anything with him, and tells him no. Evan has three friends over who are all carrying paper bags full of something. They go into the garage and put a large Keep Out sign on the door. When she goes into the kitchen to make herself lunch she sees a dozen empty cans of lemonade mix. She becomes worried when she realizes that the boys have all brought the cans from their homes, instead of having to buy it from the store like she had. She goes over to Megan’s house to tell her.

Here, in Chapter 6, the theme of 'war' emerges. Both Jessie and Evan have refused to speak about the greater issues and...