Meeting the Mugger by Norma Fox Mazer Summary

In The Argument, Sarabeth is irritated that Mom does not trust her as Mom lectures her about being too young to have sex. When Leo, Mom's boyfriend, enters with his beautiful friend, Pepper, and mocks her, Sarabeth is unable to take anymore, so she grabs her jacket and leaves. In the Mugger, Sarabeth notices she is being followed as she walks through the city, and a girl in a hoodie orders her to face the wall and relinquish her jacket, scratching Sarabeth's back with some sharp instrument. Sarabeth waits quite some time before turning around. In The Waiting-For-Me Party, Sarabeth is unable to say anything about the mugging when she gets home because Leo, Pepper and two neighbors chide her for worrying Mom. When Mom asks if Sarabeth left home without...