Chapter 3 Summary

Chapter Three finds Zoe at school, worrying about her course and her family. We discover that she is interested in poetry, but her grades are slipping as she deals with her mother's illness. Deciding that her day cannot get any worse, and that her present troubles aren't letting her study she decides to skip her independent study period, during which time she meets her friend Lorraine. Lorraine is similarly skipping class as she realizes that she will be moving schools and having to start again at a new establishment when her family moves. Lorraine drags Zoe to the girls bathroom and proceeds to break down in tears.

Her friend is distraught about her move and Zoe comforts her, understanding a little of what her friend Lorraine is going through. This emotional opening in her usually strong-willed friend gives Zoe the opportunity to reach...