Chapters 3 and 4 Summary

Chapter 3

Watching the snow out the window, Sean signs to Frannie that it would be cool if someone built a bridge across the highway and they could go to to other side. The "other side" is where the white kids are and Mama has told them that the white people don't want to be with them. This makes Frannie think of the Jesus Boy again. Frannie asks Sean why he would want to go to the other side. His response is a kind of "why not." Frannie scans the neighborhood. Maybe it isn't very appealing, she thinks. People write on the walls on their side, some of the houses don't look so great, some broken windows have been replaced with cardboard and some people let their laundry freeze on the wash lines.

But their side has everything the people need including...