Chapters 19 and 20 Summary

Chapter 19

Samantha and Frannie are eating lunch. Samantha is having a difficult time understanding why Frannie and Jesus Boy helped Trevor up out of the snow. Frannie says it had just been the right thing to do; he needed help. Samantha points out that Frannie hardly ever goes to church. Samantha is still disappointed that Jesus Boy is not the real Jesus. Frannie says maybe he is the real Jesus but Samantha insists that the real Jesus wouldn't have been mean to Trevor. Frannie reminds her that, "Jesus wept." She tells her friend that maybe there's a little bit of Jesus inside of everyone. Maybe Jesus had been the hope that Samantha had about the real Jesus coming to school.

Chapter 20

Mrs. Johnson wants the class to write a story. Everyone seems to be stumped. She tells them to write down...