Chapter 20 Summary

After telling Gloria about Otis's confinement, Opal reads Chapter 2 of Gone with the Wind featuring Scarlett O'Hara in attendance at a big barbecue. This chapter gives Opal her next big idea: a party for all of her new friends. Gloria agrees to open her yard for the party. Opal and Gloria spend the afternoon planning the menu. There will be egg salad sandwiches and punch. Opal wants to invite all her friends to the party, and Gloria makes her promise to invite Stevie and Dunlap Dewberry as well.

The Preacher says he will come, Miss Franny Block wants to come, and even Amanda Wilkinson will be there. When she asks the Dewberry Brothers, they agree to attend as well. Otis is the only one who doesn't want to come.

People make Otis nervous. However, Opal tells him that she will clean the store...