Summary

In the diary entry dated “Tuesday, October 28, 7:04 p.m,” Frankie paid for the library book. That afternoon, Ms. Trolly called and suggested some after-school counseling sessions. Frankie said her grandmother was visiting and Ms. Trolly talked to Grandm Jenny. In the October 30 diary entry, Frankie got a B on her science report, down from an A because she turned it in late. The next day, Frankie writes that Johnny was not in school and she is “too depressed to write” (Location 2749). Later that evening, she writes that Nutter was upset because “Nobody talks to each other” (Location 2753). On “Thursday, October 30, 12:20 p.m.,” Frankie encountered Johnny in the hall. She wanted to talk to him, but she did not. She went to the nurse's office, but Robert had insisted that Frankie no longer be allowed to hide out there and she went back to...