Summary

In chapter 14, the five kids arrive at an abandoned theme park, the new site of their project. For a month, they would gather there each evening to work. Their plan is to make the machine “twenty times as big” as the one Martin’s father made (114). Martin does not mention to the others that he still does not know what the final piece is. The machine is meant to go into outer space where Martin believes the people may be.

In chapter 15, the kids continue to build the machine. One night, however, an accident happens when a raccoon tries to attack Chet. At first, it looks like Chet will be safe, but he is eventually crushed unexpectedly by a gondola. He does not die immediately, and Lane and Martin try to save him.

Snow starts to come down in chapter 16 as Lane and...