The book begins with David describing his last experiences with his mother. His mother gives him the decision to run away, and he does. David ends up in a pizza place with a man named Mark who calls the police. The police take him to the station where his father comes and picks him up. His mother made up a cover story and so David goes home. However soon after David goes back to school, where he finds out that his teachers have notified the police and are able to help him leave his mother. He has to go through a large physical exam. David is then placed in foster care with a woman named “Aunt Mary.” She is an older woman who has seven other children living there. Even though David is away from his mother, she still troubles him in his dreams.

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