Love and Centipedes by Paul Zindel Summary

While eating at Madame Wu's with her mother, Tuesday caresses the ankle support which belongs to Kyle Ecneps, her science project partner and the boyfriend of Maureen Willoughby, a popular cheerleader, while daydreaming about rubbing Kyle's foot yesterday. Suddenly, Maureen approaches Tuesday and her mother and insists on coming to Tuesday's house so Tuesday can help her come up with a senior prom theme since Kyle constantly tells her how brilliant Tuesday is. At home, Tuesday cleans the house, but before she can feed her animals, Maureen arrives and questions her about the prom theme. Ordering Tuesday to think about the theme, Maureen flushes Tuesday's turtle down the toilet, and she sticks Helen, Tuesday's ferret, in the microwave. Insisting on going to the basement to see Tuesday and Kyle's science project, fish that...