Chapters 10 through 12 Summary

In chapter ten, Scott is awakened Saturday morning by his mother's racket in the nursery. He has a makeshift bookshelf in the room made of cinder blocks and she makes him take them down. Scott then spends some time on homework before heading to see Kyle and Patrick. Mitch, as usual, is with the girlfriend. They shoot hoops for awhile before Scott quits, moving to a bench to read while Kyle and Patrick continue to play. When Scott arrives home he discovers his mom has baked a cake, apparently to celebrate the fact that Bobby has a job at a nearby market, close enough that he can walk to work.

On Monday at school, Scott discovers his Spanish teacher is from France, which explains why he can seldom understand anything she says. In the journal that night, Scott writes a review...