Chapters 19 through 21 Summary

In chapter nineteen, Scott overhears Julia and Kelly talking about an upcoming play. Both agree they're going to try out. Scott decides he'll try out as well. Scott arrives at school Wednesday and sees a sign on Lee's locker that says, "This is not a locker." Scott tries to convince himself to walk past without saying anything but can't help stopping. Scott tells her the sign is crap which prompts a conversation between them. Lee says she believes Scott is one of the few students in school who cares about knowledge for the sake of knowledge and tells him it's a "meta-statement," or "words about words." She says "90 percent of everything is crap," then challenges Scott to discover who said that. That afternoon Scott sees the sign is gone and another sign that reads "this is a locker" is in its...