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.

Once David makes it the sixth grade, he starts to turn off all of his feelings. He starts stealing stuff again to fit in. He runs away from Lillian. He is searching for love from his mother. David then starts running around with John and his gang. To be initiated David has to flatten a teacher’s tires, but doesn’t go through with it. Then, to be accepted David has to help John set a fire in the school. David shows up, but doesn’t want to go through with it so he ends up getting blamed. After the fire David is sent to San Mateo County Juvenile Hall. While he is there, he gets a visit from his dad. It does not go well. David’s mother wants him to sign some papers to have David put in a mental institution. However, it doesn’t work out and after about 40 days, David returns to foster care. His new home is with the Nulls, Harold and Alice. He soon is taken out of that home and put into a home close to his mother’s house with Vera and Jody. David attends school at Fernando Rivera Junior High, near his old elementary school. David goes ba

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