Summary

Any Damn Good Use for It – When Travis visits Dr. Saranson for a checkup, they talk about the life of Jeremy Pratt, and Travis learns that he was an ambitious skateboarder. He and Saranson also talk about Travis’ conversation with Lawrence Ramsey, with Travis commenting in narration on how glad he was that Saranson didn’t ask for any details. A short time later, Travis is called in to speak with the nervous new guidance counselor, Philip Franklin, who reveals that the school principal has asked him to keep an eye on Travis, that he’s not quite sure how to proceed, and that Travis has been getting a lot of fan mail. Travis reads one letter, in which the writer talks about how his experience has reawakened her faith after the death of her infant child, and tells Franklin to keep the...