Summary

In chapter 19, Mo is staying at Dale's house because the Colonel is gone and Miss Lana is missing. Queen Elizabeth II, Dale's dog, keeps Mo company in Dale's room, where Mo sleeps alone. Dale checks on Mo with a peanut butter sandwich. Dale wants to know where he and Mo are going to start in looking for Miss Lana. Mo is too upset to join Dale in believing they'll find Miss Lana. They toss ideas back and forth about why Slate might have taken Miss Lana.

To get herself to sleep, Mo reminds herself of the Colonel's words about letting the stars sing her to sleep. She dragged Dale's beanbag chair to the window and fell asleep there.

In chapter 20, Mo decides she wants to tell Starr about the Colonel's suitcase full of...