In this chapter grandma is cleaning out a closet for Rafe ,Georgia and his mom. Rafe realizes that this means that they will be staying at the grandmother's house instead of moving into a bigger apartment for the 4 of them. Grandma finds a picture of Rafe's mom and dad together in front of a store named Hairy's Place. This chapter gives us some background of Rafe's father. Rafe's father walked out of their lives when the kids were very young. Rafe's knows his next move and he was going to stop at Hairy's.
This chapter is only an illustration of Rafe and Matty going in a dumpster and picking out garbage and thinking of how they will create something new from the junk.
d Mrs. Ling's junk-sculpture assignment was to take one object that may be junk and turn it into something new. Give it a new life as art. Rafe like this idea. During Mrs. Ling's class, Matty passed Rafe a note that said he wanted to go Dumpster Diving. Matty said he knew a place where to go to find good junk that people threw away. Rafe told his mom he was going to work an art assignment after school. He told her he would take the bus home. He didn't lie, but didn't tell her the whole truth. He wasn't sure what Dumpster Diving was, but he thought it sounded like fun.
In this chapter, Leo tells Rafe that he needs to step up the Operation Get A Life mission. He wants him to start thinking bigger. He tells Rafe he needs to do one big thing, for every ten little things. A big thing consists of something that he will remember doing for the rest of his life. It also can't be done at school, and there can't be an adult looking over Rafe's shoulder. It also can't cost any money or hurt anyone. Rafe wasn't sure what he would do, but just then he got Mrs. Ling's junk-sculpture assignment.
Rafe lists highlights and low lights of operation get a life. He tried different types of food, gave a homeless guy 50 cents, spoke Spanish at the store, saw a real street fight, etc
. Rafe lists 5 tips for survival
1. learn how to be patient 2.there are rules in art school just like there are rules in everything. 3.art school is smart school 4.you have to man up so people do not walk over you. 5.do the opposite of what Rafe does. Rafe is no longer the new transfer student he is now the new trouble maker. He says that he was never good at being good. Rafe was heading up the hall of his next period when someone grabbed him from behind, and the next thing he knew he was pulled into some kind of closet. The door slammed shut and it went pitch black. He didn't know what to do, so he just started to swing. He assumed it was Zeke and Kenny but realized it was Matty after he swung at him. Matty tells him that he has his back. So Matty is his ally. Also Rafe feels like he made his first friend in middle school.
5 Minuets later Rafe stumbles in the Crawley's lair, beneath the surface of planet cathedral. "It is dark down here" Rafe said. Rafe can't really see anything down there. He hears dripping water and he smells a bad smell in the air. He takes one more step and then the floor gives out and he starts falling through the air. Where he lands is soft but sticky. It was like strands of rope covered in super glue grabbing his arms and legs. Then he says he can not get out of it. He is completely immobilized in Crawley's web. He did not even appear as a human and he has razor sharp teeth. Crawley asks about the water balloons that he threw off the roof. Rafe said that Crawley has no proof that he threw the water balloons. Also Rafe said that if Crawley did not have proof, he still had a small chance of making it out of there alive.
Operation get a life started out great. Right before it turned bad.Then got even worse. The good part was that mom let Rafe on the bus for the first time but not a yellow bus an actual city bus. Then the bad part. He got to school and it looked all normal from the outside, but then he opened his locker and it looked like an alien looking creature that swallowed a hand grenade that exploded in his locker. Rafe started thinking that maybe the balloons were a bad idea then on the pa system he heard "may i have your attention please? Rafe Khatchadorian, please report to Mr. Crawley's office immediately thank you". Rafe knows this he is going to have a terrible day.
Rafe and Leo start operation and the goal was to do one thing Rafe has never done before each day. The goal was to get back it to cathedral next year. He had to do 195 new things because that's how many days are left until the spring show. Also Rafe added a no hurt rule so nobody can get hurt including him.
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