Summary

In Chapter 25, Scooter is one of the only people to watch the Upper Milford football game because it is pouring rain. John scores a touchdown, and after half time the cheerleading team is missing two cheerleaders; Penn and Jane abandon the game to go protest the new mall. Scooter walks John home, and in Chapter 26 Abby makes them turn on the TV so they can watch her being interviewed at the demonstration. Abby is quoted as saying that her mother buys her clothes at Second Time Around. The next day Mrs. Coogan pulls Abby aside and scolds her for protesting the mall since the mall would be a good thing for the family. She also reveals that she does not actually buy all Abby's clothes at Second Time Around because they are well-off enough that she does not have to. Abby puts Scooter's...