57 pages • 1 hour read
Stanley Gordon WestUntil They Bring The Streetcars Back
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Chapters 37-46Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 37 Summary
In Otto’s car, Cal picks up the cases of liquor before breaking into Sid’s liquor store and making it look like someone robbed it. The engine dies, so Cal hurriedly finds the screwdriver and hotwires the car again. He then smashes the car into a drugstore window. Trapped, Cal slithers out the window. He forgets the hotwire and goes back to get it. Cal returns to the workhouse before the midnight deadline.
Cal listens for information about Otto. Steve visits and tells him Otto robbed a liquor store and stabbed a cop. Otto is in jail. Cal’s sentence is done, and he vows to pay everyone back for the damage he caused.
Chapter 38 Summary
Due to Cal’s time in jail, he can’t graduate or go back to school, but he shows up at school to talk to Gretchen. She wanted to die by suicide, but then Sandy gave her a Nut Goodie, and she felt hopeful.
The police came to Gretchen’s house, questioning her mom. Her dad came home and assumed Gretchen told. He screamed at Gretchen, and when the police tried to quiet him, a scuffle ensued. Otto stabbed one of the cops before the second cop knocked him out.
