Summary

Counting and Skimming – Delphine does her best to clean off Miss Patty Cake, but the plastic has absorbed much of the ink – and is now a bland gray color. The next day, Delphine and her sisters attend class at the People’s Center once more. They eat grapes and learn about how the migrant workers who pick grapes are fighting for their rights. Delphine and Fern are tasked with counting Black Panther newspapers. There, Delphine sees Huey Newton’s picture on the paper, for he is currently in jail – which Big Ma approves of. Sister Mukumbu offers Delphine a copy of the paper for twenty cents – a worker’s discount. Delphine agrees, but then realizes she has no money to call Pa, and will have to start saving again.

Big Red S – All night, Fern’s tummy aches from too much Chinese food...