Chapters 21-24 Summary

In Chapter 21, Marcus runs into Ellie at school and tells her that he knows the man on her sweatshirt is Kurt Cobain. When Ellie pretends to not know this fact, Marcus tells her everything Will told him, making Ellie and her friend, Zoe, laugh. The next day, Marcus approaches Ellie again and they talk for a minute before Ellie is called into the headmistresses office for wearing her Kurt Cobain sweatshirt. A short time later, Zoe and Ellie come and get Marcus to take him to the ninth year classroom, which makes Marcus' classmates shocked by Marcus' newfound friends.

In Chapter 22, Marcus invites Will to Christmas and Will cannot find a polite way out of it. The meal is a disaster because it is some vegetarian loaf created by Fiona. The gifts were good, but there was a marked difference between...