Summary

In Chapter 5, Jam makes her first trip to Belzhar. One night after DJ had already gone to sleep, Jam decides it is time to finally write about Reeve. When she picks up her pen and journal and starts writing, her study buddy converts into Reeve. They are standing on the playing fields behind Jam’s old school in New Jersey. She cries with relief. Reeve tells her they don’t have much time. When the sky begins to dim, he tells her that she needs to get back. When she opens her eyes, she’s back in her dorm room at school. Several pages had been completed in her journal. Some of the writing is smeared as if it were written while she was crying.

In Chapter 6, Jam wonders if she should tell someone what had just happened to her. She starts to...