April 1 - April 30, pp. 68 - 89 Summary

On April Fool's Day, Adrian comments on how so many people failed to see the humor in tricks played upon them, but when Barry Kent puts itching powder down his back he is not amused. On April 2, Adrian turns 14. Most of his presents are unexciting, but his gets money from his mother and Mr. Lucas; conscience money, he calls it. With his mother now living in Sheffield with Mr. Lucas, life with his dad is a challenge. George mopes about the house and Adrian has to take him grocery shopping and lend some of his birthday money to buy the groceries since George can't find his bank card. Concerned that George is suicidal, he is not pleased when he learns that a new woman, Doreen Slater, and her young son, Maxwell, have entered George's life...