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Chapter summaries from Knots in my Yo-yo string (Lash La Rue (Jerry loved…
Chapter summaries from Knots in my Yo-yo string
Johnson Highway
At the time Jerry was at his friend Carol's house on Pine Street.
Jerry was sixteen year old.
Jerry has a younger brother named Bill.
They had a dog named Lucky that had got hit by a car on Johnson Highway.
West end
Jerry lived in the west end and live on a street with a dead end.
He caught salamanders. Hit a home run. He also raced against a stopwatch. Jerry searched for a devil. He kissed a girl. Jerry bled from a attack of leeches.
Jerry live in the West End for ten years.
The west end became more than just houses and a neighborhood, it became his world
Ashes in the Grass
When he was younger not into sports, as he got older more interested
He was a finalist in the foul shooting contest
Dennis Magee in foul shooting contest who Maniac is named after
Lash La Rue
Jerry loved to play cowboys
Lash La Rue was Jerry's favorite cowboy
he drew good guys and bad guys, cowboys versus bad guys
he had a best friend named Roger Adlemen
He had spurs on his boots
War
After Jerrys grade school years war was now about the people in it.
One night when jerry and joey where walking home one night jerry punched joey.
After he hit him he knew he never wanted to go to war
One time when jerry was playing war he hit his best friend in the eyebrow with a rock.
jerry said he thought about after he graduated he would go to war.
They sometimes played war at the creek.
East End
world war 2 happened when he was a kid.
the fact that his dad made him his own bat
The smelly brewery, behind his first house
the vacant lot was his first playground
Never the monkey
For 7 seconds no one was ahead of him
They used to race to determinate the fasted kid
Won the 50 yard dash champion.
The last person was called the monkey
Shortstop
He learned not to feel sorry for himself
He took the lesson to heart and improved to make the Allstar team the next year
He liked playing shortstop and thought he was pretty good
He was on the Green Socks Team
George Street
Likes radio better than TV because he has to picture what's happening
Some type of coal plant by him
The street is different now than it was back then due to people that use to live there
Good Boy
Cowboys to Sports and school
Bad boy was Leonard Wilfong
He took the responsibility of class clown which came with bad grades and getting in trouble
People thought he was a good boy because he was always doing the right thing
Kidney illness
Mrs. Seeton's whistle
Mentions all the people he lived by on George St
Hockey pockey Man- selling snowcones
Mrs. Seeton's whistle sounds like a train
Night
Taking out the garbage
Played hide and seek could go anywhere
The train was very loud and scared him
Walked a mile to Johnstown