78 pages • 2 hours read
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Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Chapters 35-42Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 35 Summary
Emily feels happy settling into her life in San Francisco as she and James return from school. She notes that “their building, which had once looked so starved and severe to Emily” now “[welcomes] her like a familiar friend” (283). Inside, they receive the news that the Crane parents have sold a book about living in all 50 states. Emily is upset because she knows this will motivate them to move again, so she decides she must solve Griswold’s puzzle immediately.
As Matthew leaves for the Flush concert at the Fillmore with a car full of friends, Emily and James climb in. Remora lives in the Fillmore District, and Emily is determined to borrow Poe’s book to solve the final clue. Matthew sends his friends ahead to the concert and decides to accompany Emily and James to Remora’s house.
Chapter 36 Summary
When the kids arrive at his door, Remora denies ever receiving “The Gold-Bug” from Quisling. Emily wonders if Quisling kept the book for himself, instead of returning it as promised, but when the kids go inside for a glass of water, Emily spies the Poe book in the kitchen. At that moment, Barry enters the room. He turns out to be Remora’s nephew.
