Chapters 7-8 Summary

Chapter 7. Tonight We Improvise. Benji is alone in the house and listening to the local radio station, WLNG. The local station plays old Top 40 songs that no one in his immediate social circle would ever admit to listening to. However, Benji enjoys the station and will listen to it from time to time. As a song plays that make Benji suddenly feel overwhelmed with melancholy, he hears his parents pull up outside. Benji changes the radio station and leaves the house, still humming the song. Benji runs into Melanie. Melanie was once a member of Benji's group of friends at Sag Harbor, but her parents divorced and had to sell their Sag Harbor house. This summer, Melanie's mother has rented a house on the beach and she has returned. Benji does not remember her, but finds her nice enough. Melanie is...