Chapters 37 and 38 Summary

In the middle of the night, Maybe finally figures out how to find Gunnar. By morning however, Maybe can't remember what her brilliant idea was. When Willow draws on one of the newspaper ads and shows it to Maybe, Maybe remembers what her idea was. Maybe heads to the taco truck to work. When they are done for the day, Maybe tells Jess she plans on placing an ad to find her father in the trades, which are the TV and movie papers. Maybe shows Jess the ad she created on Sammy's computer.

Chapters 37 and 38 Analysis

Maybe thinks that her father was in show business. She intends on finding him by placing an ad in the papers that show business people read. It foreshadows that Maybe is going to be sorely disappointed when Gunnar doesn't respond to any of the ads...