Moods and Maybes Summary

The following day at school, April and Melanie are approached by Ken and Toby, who really don't believe in talking to girls in public places, to find out when The Egypt Game will begin again. The girls still haven't been allowed outside to play on their own because of the unsolved neighborhood murder. Toby tells the girls that he got in trouble at home not for being away from the large group of trick-or-treaters, but because his costume was squashed. His father, an artist who had come up with the idea of Toby dressing like a full-size TV to symbolize the new American, was upset that the costume was damaged.

It isn't long after this conversation that the neighborhood begins to relax and April and Melanie are permitted to play outside by themselves again. The day they return to...