Zach to come around again
Chapter 7 (101-113)
Will gives in and says that he is a sissie
Will goes Blackberry picking with George, 2 Twins and Zach
They where telling each other there hobbies and Will says… Drawing
Will make Jam
Tom is very pleased with Will for being with his new friends
Chapter 8 (112-112)
Willie goes to school
Willie is made to change classes in front of his friend
As can’t read or write
Will very unhappy
Tom teaches Will how to spell his name
Will’s friends come over to sympathise him
Chapter 9 (122-132)
Willies Birthday
Will get lots of presents but non-from his mother
Will gets paint set from Mr Tom
Tom paints the tree near the church
Zach walks in and tells him to come
To his astonishment there is a surprise party
Will was sick at the end when got home
Chapter 10 (132-151)
The story moves on 7 weeks
Willie goes to a friend’s house
Willie does not want them to find out about his bed-wetting
Willie wants to comfort that his friends can come over with Tom
Willie’s Mum has not sent his a letter in 8 weeks
Chapter 11 (151-165)
Tom tells Mrs Fletcher how polite Will is
And he tells her Wills Mum puts the devil into him
Friends come over Will nervious about it
They talk about what to do
Will find out that Zach is not Christian
Friends say how nice Mr Tom is
Will Very tried afterwards
Will wakes up next day and find that he did not bed wet
Chapter 12 (165-179)
Will’s reading is improving well
Will & Co. handed out the Gazzet
Will takes a friends part in the play
Will goes back to house and finds Tom is looking pale
Tom is asked to play the organ but it brings back memories of Rachel
Mr Tom says yes
Chapter 13 (179-185)
Will was practicing the words for the play
George and Will go to the rehearsal together
Tom practises the organ
Tom plays a song, which reminds him of Rachel
Chapter 14 (185-199)
Will moves up a class into Mrs Hartidges class
Will very pleased about it
George walks in pale as brother is reported died
Teacher says how well Will has improved in class
Will’s Mum told him never to ask for help
Will gets 8 out of 10 in English test
Will’s class is stunted at his painting
Carrie wants to take a scholarship
Will be asked to go back home by mother, as she is ill
Chapter 15 (199-218)
Will and Tom say there goodbyes and Will gets on the train
Mum expecting to see a thin boy
Mum not that jolly to see him
Mum slaps him for asking to carry her bag
Mum never seen Will smile and does not like him doing it
Will about to give present but Mum says ‘I don’t need charity thank you’
Mum horrified when Will brings a present of wine
Will answers his Mum back
Mum very cross at that
Mum say that he was wasting other peoples time for learning to write etc…
Mum says ‘I am sure they where glad to see you go’
Mum says that it is rude to ask questions
Will feels ‘Ill’ when his Mum put her arm around him
Mum does not what the street to know Will is back
The surprise is a baby from ‘Jesus’
Mum wants to learn the bible verse by verse
Mum thinks Will begged for the clothes and she thinks he stole the pictures he did
Will then starts to cry
Mum gets cross for playing with girls
Mum very surprised he made friends
Mum gets cross as zach does not go to church
Zach is Jewish so Mum thinks he is a ‘devil’
Mum hit Will and locked him up under the stairs
Wills clothes where taken off and his vest was sewn to his underpants
Chapter 16 (218-230)
After 4 weeks there where no letters from Will
Tom had sent him a few and so had Zach but no reply
Tom has a dream that Will is stuck in a locked box dying
Tom decides to go to London to see the boy
Annie H has a telegram which is bad news
Tom got to London and caurght the bus to Wills house
The siron goes off
Tom meats a lady who knew Will
The lady thinks his mother is not even fond of him
They all go to house and Sammy finds a locked door under the stairs
Tom opens it to find that it smelt f urine and vomit
Chapter 17 (233-254)
It was Will under the stairs and there was the baby dead
Will went to hospital
Will is seen by a sichitrus
Tom may not be able to take him home
Will has cuts and bruises every where
Will is getting bad dreams
Tom takes Will in the night as Will would of gone to a children’s home
Chapter 18 (254-273)
Will is having bad dreams and is wetting his bed
Zach is coming around to visit Will
Mrs H had her new baby
Will find out that his mother lied about the baby came from Jesus
Wills strength is getting better
Will goes over to see Mrs H
Chapter 19 (273-290)
Tom takes Will and Zach on a holiday for two weeks by the sea
Will’s colour is coming back
They sometimes would go to the beach to play cricket or build sandcastles
Will and Tom went to church but Zach does not
They get welcomed back
Carrie passes her scholarship
Chapter 20 (290-304)
Will and friends go to Spooky Cott.
Will and Zach meets a man that lives there
Zach stays outside while Will goes in
Will is going to have art lessons with that person who lives there
The people from London go to Tom’s and tell Will that his mother is died
Will is told to move into a home but Will says ‘This is my home’
The people leave and Will is going to be adopted by Tom
Chapter 21 (304-313)
Will goes back to school
Carrie starts her new school
Zach is getting worried that he has not spoken to his parents
Zach is told his Dad is injured in the navy
London has been bombed lots
Will finds out that Zach has died and then Will gets unconsciousness
Chapter 22 (313-327)
Will can’t get over the death of Zach
Will goes over to Geoffrey’s house to find out that his best friend died as well
Will is shouting out ‘I hate you, I hate you God’
Will is calling Tom ‘Dad’
Will can use Zach’s old bike
Mrs H has good news that her husband is not dead
Will can ride Zach’s bike now
Will is doing a play and Zach is there in his mind
Chapter 23 (329-337)
Will and Carrie go down to the river together
Will said ‘How strange that I was once scared of you’
Will said ‘Dad, I am growing’