Summary

In the section “The White Room” Madeline describes how her books provide the only color in her germ-free, white bedroom. Each book arrives new, vacuum sealed in plastic which she removes before writing her name along with a suggestion of rewards a person might enjoy if they were to find her lost book and return it to her. All the rewards, which Madeline says do not really apply since there is no one to borrow her books, involve the finder getting to spend time with Madeline.

In “SCID Row” Madeline tells her reader that she has Severe Combined Immunodeficiency causing her to be allergic to everything. Severe sicknesses can be triggered by just about anything. Because of her sickness, Madeline has not been allowed outside her house in seventeen years.

In “Brthdae Uish” Madeline’s mother, who is...