Summary

Chapter 11 – At the end of a long, relatively uneventful day, Mr. Parker tells Summer and the rest of the crew that the splitting of the crew (half staying in Texas and half going to Oklahoma) is going to happen. When she realizes that the split probably means she won’t see Robbie for weeks, Summer is disappointed, but that feeling is eased when Robbie asks her to come see him that night. After making herself pretty, she manages to get away from the trailer where Obaachan and Jaz (who has the flu) are sleeping, thinking that she’s having such good luck that she’s going to sleep with her head facing south “for the rest of [her] life”. She visits Robbie, who eventually, and much to Summer’s excitement, kisses her. Afterwards, he asks her to come back the next night, so...