Chapters 1 and 2 Summary

In Chapter 1, Doug Swieteck, which is the main character and narrator of the novel tells about how two famous baseball players came to their school and Doug winds up with a baseball cap signed by one of the them. Doug's brother steals it and so it's just one day that Doug owns something that was not pre-owned by one of his other family members. When Doug's father loses his job, he tells the family they are moving to upstate New York. The Swieteck family packs for the next three days. When Mr. Swieteck's friend, Ernie Eco, comes down with the moving truck, they load it up, but cannot fit Mrs. Swieteck's garden flowers so she gives them away in sets of three to the neighbors up and down the street. Before leaving, Doug's friend from school comes by and gives him...