98 pages • 3 hours read
Eden RobinsonSon of a Trickster
Eden RobinsonFiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Chapters 24-28Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 24 Summary: “Kiss & Make Up”
Maggie unexpectedly arrives to pick up Jared after school, and Jared is apprehensive to interact with her. She is incredulous that he is nervous and tells him: “I’ve never touched you...I don’t deserve this” (184). He reminds her that she told him he would be sorry, but she does not respond. At home, he explains why he was helping his dad, and Maggie reminds Jared that Phil left them. When Jared points out that she left him for months, Maggie says: “I would have never married Phil if I wasn’t knocked up [...] You have no idea what I did to keep you” (185).
Sarah stops by and has a tense interaction with Maggie. Maggie thinks Sarah is “cracked” and thinks Jared might be with her out of pity. He assures her that she just “has issues,” like everyone else. Later that night, Maggie hosts yet another party and reminds Jared that she “would kill and die” for him (187).
Chapter 25 Summary: “Hunt with the Noble Orca”
In a dream, Jared swims with wild orcas and then appears on a fishing boat with the old woman he met along the highway. He asks her about the “monster showing through” (188), and she clarifies that it is magic that she does not “let out.
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