55 pages 1 hour read

Wrecker

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

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Chapters 13-18Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of racism and death.

Chapter 13 Summary

Wrecker runs into Clay and asks whether he has been gossiping. Clay insists that if anyone spread rumors about Wrecker visiting the cemetery, it was his uncle. Wrecker feels terrible that because of the water bill he accidentally ran up, Clay’s uncle could be evicted. Wrecker takes money for the water bill from his stash of cash and heads to Clay’s uncle’s house. He explains about borrowing the ladder and hose and gives the man the money. The man admits telling someone about Wrecker borrowing the ladder—a man who represented himself as a police officer investigating a potential trespasser.


Wrecker is out on the water when he learns from a Coast Guard boat that a body has been found in the water. He is aware that it is likely one of Silver Mustache’s men, killed in the go-fast accident, but he does not say so. As he leaves the scene, a green go-fast pulls alongside him. Silver Mustache, from the passenger seat, tells him that Vachs’s family has hired private security for Vachs’s crypt. Wrecker is delighted, thinking that Silver Mustache will leave him alone now, but Silver Mustache has a different job for him. Wrecker is filled with dread.


Wrecker heads for Willi’s house.

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