The boys feel guilty about ‘ol Muff. They visit him at his prison window again and he… he touches their faces. Ugh. Tom feels so guilty that he finally confesses- when he has his time in court, Joe throws himself out the window and escapes. Tom is famous

There’s a whole thing about a school performance involving poetry, then a list of events the town has through the summer. Doesn’t really tie in with my racism story, but oh well.

Book Boys review ‘The Hardy Boys: The Missing Chums’ by Franklin W. Dixon We learn: * People are finally wearing masks at Ben’s work! * Inspired by Gretchen, Glen has purchased a bird bath. * Gretchen has a bird blurb- but Glen ruins it by yelling at hi

Tom gets called out for lying (again). But thanks to his penchant for kissing on the lips, he is still ok. And he gets Thatcher to love him again. Things are really coming up “tom” this episode.

The guys decide to go home with their secret plan. It works like a charm and soon all three are the talk of the town after they show up at their own funeral. Becky’s into Tom again, and they play the game of ‘cat and also cat’ with each other. In the end

The fellas start to get homesick. Tom took off to spy on his aunt and found out that their parents think they’re all dead, which is a dream come true for any little boy. After a thunderstorm and a questionable nude scene, they relax with a pipe before the

Boys decide to live like outlaws... then chicken out. I wish I had that option when I bought my new washer/dryer

The boys have basically nothing to talk about from their week off. And the book was painful to finish reading.