Chapter 7 Summary

Evie's attendance at the rock show is so deemed so successful that her role is considered to be permanent, or at least until the audience becomes disinterested in her. David wants Evie to change her outfit or do something other than sit motionlessly and stare, but insists on sticking to her natural response. She does not want to playact. The boys pay her a small sum for each night, and when she suggests doing it for free, David agrees but Drum refuses to allow it. Exasperated, David gives up. As school ends with the arrival of summer, the other students all want Evie's photograph in their yearbooks, and after signing her name a few times, she begins to mark the forehead of her photograph with "Casey" written backwards. She does almost nothing during the summer days except wait for the ride to and...