Chapter 2 Summary

Several of the upstairs bedrooms are damaged and only three bedrooms are left, so Jared and Simon get to share a bedroom. Simon sets up his menagerie of pets, including his two pet mice, Jeffrey and Lemondrop. Jared, who has difficulty sleeping, is startled by a white-dressed figure that turns out to be his sister Mallory. Mallory heard the squirrel noises again and wakes Jared and Simon to investigate in the kitchen while Mom is out shopping that evening. Mallory decides to make a hole in the kitchen wall where she hears the noise. As the wall opens from the impact of a broom, a sort of nest is revealed. A doll's head, a line of cockroaches and other objects are neatly arranged in a small space. Mallory is angered when she finds her fencing medal there and decides to grab into the...