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BOOK SUMMARY / CHAPTER NOTES
CHAPTER
16
Summary
Bud finally wakes up the next
morning to find himself between the sheets and his shirt and pants folded neatly
on a chair. This brings some tears as well, because he remembers his mother folding
his clothes the same way before she went to work and leaving him a note on top
to show she loved him. There’s no note on these clothes, but they’re folded just
like a mother would fold them.
Very quietly, he gets up and gets dressed
and goes as far as the kitchen door. He overhears Mr. Calloway and Miss Thomas
talking again about him. Mr. Calloway seems determined to take him back to the
orphanage, but Miss Thomas holds him to the promise that had been made the night
before. He’ll go to Flint to find out what Bud is all about, while Miss Thomas
insists that Bud isn’t lying. She reminds Herman that she knows when people are
lying and Bud is not. Steady Eddie responds that he’s glad to hear that Bud is
staying there, because he.......
Notes
Even
though Mr. Calloway doesn’t trust Bud and wants him back in the orphanage, the
others are coming to love him. He receives a recorder and a new name to officially
make him part of the band. For the first time in a very long time Bud has........
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