56 pages 1 hour read

John Ajvide Lindqvist

Let the Right One In

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

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Part 3: “Snow, Melting Against Skin”

Chapter 10 Summary: “Thursday 5 November”

Morgan and Larry meet by chance one morning, and though they try to avoid talking about Jocke’s disappearance, bring up how only Gösta can do something. Near the underpass where Jocke disappeared, they watch a gym class walk by and laugh at how militant the teacher is (presumably Mr. Ávila). 

 

Oskar walks with his teacher, Marie-Louise, trying his best to avoid Jonny and Micke as the two seem to be planning something. He has been dating Eli for several days, so asks his teacher about love, and what love between two males entails. The question catches his teacher off guard, but she promises to return to the subject later. Oskar also asks if someone can be both a boy and a girl, though his teacher suggests that only animals can do this. When the female students overtake him and the teacher, they monopolize the teacher’s attention and walk away with her.

 

Suddenly, Jonny grabs Oskar and tells him they’re going to make him take a bath. Oskar is afraid of falling through the ice, and though he yells for help, there’s no one around to hear him. Once the boys get to the portion of the pond where the ice is melting, Oskar wrestles free, grabs the ice hockey stick, and hits Jonny hard with it on the ear.