Chapter 4 Summary

Julie's family had always assumed that Julie would return to her father's home, when she entered high school so Aunt Cordelia agrees to host a birthday party for Julie's twelfth birthday since she would be leaving after this school year. All the girls, including the filthy Aggie Kilpin, are abuzz with anticipation for the party. Alicia Allison had sent Julie a box of pink note cards on which she writes each invitation in perfect penmanship.

Aunt Cordelia throws a pall on the planning of the festivities, when she notices that Julie has not included Aggie in the party invitees and will not allow Julie to have a party if Aggie is not invited. Julie wants no part of the slovenly Aggie and tosses all the invitations in the trash ending the hope of a party. Julie never reveals the reason for the party's...