Chapters 5 and 6 Summary

Chapter 5

Sherry told Marie she was being an Uncle Tom when she told her that she had to show Lena around after lunch. As they walked down the hall, Marie asked Lena where she lived. Without hesitation, Lena responded that she lived over by the dump. Marie stopped in front of a classroom and told Lena her next class was in the room. Lena smiled when Marie told her that they would have last hour together.

Chapter 6

When Marie was very young she had never questioned happiness. But that was before her mother left. She had thought that all adults were happy. They had a lot of things and could do what they wanted. But as she grew older, she realized that her mother wasn't happy. She'd hear her crying and sobbing in the bathroom. When Marie was ten, she watched...