Chapter 8 Summary

Jamie wanted everything for Christmas. Patty told him not to get his hopes up too high but she had planned a shopping trip to Littleton that weekend. But it was so cold that Saturday morning, that Patty's old car wouldn't start. All she could do was cry. Jamie offered to look under the hood; of course, he wouldn't know what to look for. Jamie found a perfect tree near the trailer. They decided to decorate it outside instead of chopping it down and killing it.

Jamie was going to school every day even though he hated to leave Patty and Nin. He felt support from Mrs. Desrochers even though she didn't say anything special to him. Jamie wasn't sure what arrangements they had made, but every Tuesday he stayed with Mrs. Desrochers while Patty went to some meeting of a group of women...