Chapter 7 Summary

In Chapter 7, the cleaning lady gives Slake a brown winter jacket that was her son's. She says she will give him jeans once she finishes mending them. The jacket is warm and a few sizes too big. Slake loves it. It has two big pockets for food.

The waitress at the lunch counter notices him. She gives him extra food. Slake feels it her decision to give him more food. It is not hurting anyone. He feels she pities him.

Slake gets use out of everything. He is a scavenger. He reuses old eye glasses, cartons, wire hangers, scarves, and other things he finds. He gets scared because the track crew cleans the track next to his hideout. They do not catch him. He finds a pair of broken eyeglasses. He switches out the lenses with other lenses he has collected. He can...