Summary

This is a very short chapter covering the World Series Dodger’s game. Shirley and all her friends go to Mr.P’s house after school to listen to the game. The Dodgers lose the game and everyone is literally crushed by this information. Shirley is especially devastated but eventually gets over it. Tommy ends up insulting the Dodgers and everyone gets really mad at him for it.

Analysis

This chapter is all of two pages and doesn't cover much of anything other than the baseball world championships with the Dodgers. Shirley is a huge fan now and after school all the kids rush out to listen to the game on radio. There is one kid who bad mouths the team and is met with anger, which is an American habit that Shirley adopts in order to become more American. When the Dodgers lose...