58 pages 1 hour read

Tara Altebrando

The Leaving

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

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Parts 8-12

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 8: “Day Seven” - Part 12: “Day Fifteen”

Part 8, Chapter 61 Summary: “Scarlett”

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of kidnapping, trauma, death, and child death.

Scarlett visits Adam. She tells him that Kristen recalled under hypnosis that Scarlett and Adam kissed. Adam is blasé about this news; he feels he is better off moving on and thinks it is best not to remember anything. When Scarlett tries to convince him that their memories might explain the 11 lost years and help Lucas, Adam plays a song on the guitar and sings along. Scarlett feels she knows the music, which reminds her of running and struggling “for their lives” and then “snapping back” (350). Adam says he will not play the song for anyone else.

Part 8, Chapter 62 Summary: “Lucas”

Lucas is in the local precinct’s jail but expects to be transferred the next day to a larger facility if Ryan cannot collect $100,000 in bail. Chambers takes him to meet with Doctor Sashor. Sashor asks about Scarlett; Lucas indicates they are not together and says he is somewhat relieved.

Sashor explains that he found a sample group of teens who were four years old when they attended the open house at the school along with the abducted children; they all witnessed the shooting and remembered it.