Chapters 13 and 14 Summary

Chapter 13: The Way Things Sometimes Work Out

Soon all the girls sit on the steps with Willa Jo and Little Sister. Miss Pettibone is aggravated. Do they all want to get sunstroke? What they don't want to do is get ticks while sitting under the tree. Miss Pettibone threatens to call their mothers unless they get up and play kickball. The other girls suddenly blame Willa Jo for causing Miss Pettibone to be upset. The other girls go to play kickball. Willa Jo takes Little Sister's hand and starts to head to the drugstore where she can call Aunt Patty but Miss Pettibone stops her.

She tells Willa Jo they can't leave without her permission. Anger and frustration boil up in Willa Jo, tears are streaming down her face. She tells Miss Pettibone she is going to go call her aunt...