Chapters 15 and 16 Summary and Analysis

In Chapter 15: The Ferry to Detroit, John made sure he called his brother every weekend. Chris was staying at Dr. Finch's house while their mother was hospitalized. With their parents both struggling, John helped to support Chris. On one occasion, he told John it was urgent that he see him. John had Chris flown to Cleveland and picked him up in a rented Cadillac.

Chris' emergency was that he wanted to go to the mall and buy some new clothes. John, still up to his pranks, told the fourteen-year-old Chris that there were no stores in Cleveland. The entire city was a religious community and the people were called Clevites who didn't believe in retail stores. He told Chris that the closest place to shop was in Detroit which was an over an hour away by ferry. He warned...