Summary

In Chapter 24, Ella wants to know everything that Martti knows about the other tenth member of The Rabbit Back Literature Society. Martti congratulates Ella on her research and willingness to get at the heart of the society. Martti tells her that he joined the society when he was in the second grade. He had been a star football player but the invitation to join The Rabbit Back Literature Society was too strong to resist so he gave up football. Martti's mother was especially pleased when he joined the society because of the prestige. She was happy that he was a good football player but his being in The Rabbit Back Literature Society was more prestigious and that thrilled her. Martti's friends abandoned him, though, because they felt he thought he was too good for them now. Martti had actually never even...