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Chapters 32-46Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of bullying, anti-gay bias, child abuse, substance use, addiction, illness, death, and physical and emotional abuse.
Chapter 32 Summary
On the train, Ted dreams about the time he and the group hatched a plan to get money for the artist to buy paints. They told women at the grocery store they needed money to get a shopping cart and pocketed the change, along with items from the store. When the security guards caught on to their scam, they fled from the store, riding a grocery cart down the hill to the pier and into the sea. Joar’s foot got caught in the chain, and they had to rescue him. Ted remembers that it was the perfect day of teenage bliss until he arrived home and learned that his father had died.
Chapter 33 Summary
Ted awakens in tears—his father had cancer for a long time, so he has few childhood memories where his father wasn’t sick. The conductor offers his help, but Ted lies and says it’s allergies. The conductor tells him that Louisa got off the train, but it is still in the same station because of mechanical issues.
Ted gets off the train and takes off running to find her, calling her name. Two men offer to help but instead grab Ted, mug him, and beat him until he loses consciousness.
