Chapters 22 - 30 Summary

The next day Coleman visits, he scolds Robert for stealing a car, and shows him two fairy forts—large regular hills with depressions in the top. One of the forts has a tunnel that is small—it is rumored to go down into a series of caves below the hill. Robert realizes his rented house does indeed sit on a line between the two fairy forts. Incidentally, one of the fairy forts sits on land owned by Kevin Talty, an older curmudgeonly resident. That afternoon, PJ Dooley comes by and attempts to evict the family from the rental but Robert's mother secures another chance. PJ then announces he will file police charges to recuperate the cost of the stolen vehicle but again Robert's mother intercedes and PJ accepts to take Robert on as a manual laborer on the farm...