Chapter 19 Summary

As Marcus pulls a helmet out for Penny to wear, they climb on his four-wheeler and he starts it up. He asks her if she has to go straight home. She says she doesn't Marcus takes her to the woods, where he shows her a big metal sculpture of Saturn. Marcus says it was his mom's idea before she died, but he and his dad have been building the sculptures for a year since his mom died. Marcus loops his pinky in Penny's pinky and then they get back on the four-wheeler so he can drive her home.

Chapter 19 Analysis

Marcus trusts Penny enough to open up to her about his mom's death. For the first time, Penny feels connected to Marcus. She also feels connected to Hog's Hollow for the first time. She realizes that it is much more real—with...