Chapters 10 through 12 Summary and Analysis

In chapter 10, Dylan and Eric left home before daylight on April 20. They go to a grocery store to purchase the propane tanks needed for the attack. Friends noticed they weren't in class and wondered about it. The boys didn't go to school until 11 and parked as planned. Brooks Brown, a friend, confronted Eric about missing a test but Eric said, "It doesn't matter" and urged Brooks to go home. They had left a decoy bomb in another location, hoping to draw authorities away from the school as the real attack began. By the time they arrived at the school, they were already behind schedule. The bombs they were placing in the cafeteria were slated to go off at 11:17 but surveillance tapes showed the boys still outside the commons area with just three minutes to spare. At 11:22, the tapes showed...