I'M Not Scared - Chapter Summaries

I'm Not Scared - CHAPTER SUMMARIES

CHAPTER 1: Main characters have a race, Maria hurts her leg. Barbara forced to complete a forfeit, Michele does it instead. Michele completes forfeit. Most of the main characters are talked about. Papa brings them a present of a model Gondola; Acqua Traverse is revealed.

CHAPTER 2: There is a talk with Michele and Maria at the start. Michele finds Fillipo, there is a lot of description of Michele finding him. Michele at this point is horrified, he tries to talk to him but gets even more scared. Michele has a second talk with Maria, Michele says he is going to run away from home, but in the end of the conversation he went home. At the end of this chapter you get a very good description of Mama.

CHAPTER 3: Michele wakes up to find Papa (not angry at all) and Barbara's Father sitting in the kitchen they are discussing business. He got dressed and went outside and Skull and the others were playing a game of soccer, Michele eventually went off for a ride, he wanted to go and see Filippo. He went to give him food and water. There is talk of a character named Sergio at the table and they also talk of the boy in the hole (Fillipo).

CHAPTER 4: Michele got up early, packed his bag with food and water, going to see Fillipo. He finds Felices Natale's Car, The brown coloured 127. Felice was Skull's older brother, he was crazy. Michele goes to see Fillipo. All of the adults are talking in a room, they are watching the news reports have it that a boy has been kidnapped, the mother appears on tv saying she wants her boy back, they all get angry and say they will cut off the boys ears.

CHAPTER 5: Michele meets Sergio, Sergio is standing there shaving in the bathroom and he talks to Michele. Michele than finds Mama, they than have a fight a Michele runs off. Michele runs off of to the stream and climbs the carob. Michele starts cleaning togo the dog, Barbara asks him to be her boyfriend, Michele says no. Michele talks to Papa and it is about the sleeping arrangements with Sergio. Michele goes back to find Fillipo and there is more talk of the little wash bears, Michele gives Filipo some food and water.

CHAPTER 6: Michele wakes up to find that Sergio is gone, it details that his bed is unmade and his cigarette packet is empty. He opens his suitcase and there is some clothes, a bottle of purfume, a flask of Stock 84, lots of photographs, it also had an exercise book, it was Fillipo's. It had a story of him and his papa. Michele goes to Salvatore's house. He speaks to his sisters then to Salvatore. He plays Sabbuteo (a soccer game with him). Michele offers to trade something with Salvatore. He has nothing to trade so then he offers to trade him a secret. Salvatore has no interest in the secret. But gives him the team anyway. Later on, Michele goes to see Fillipo, but Felice finds him and beats him up. He gets dragged into the car and Salvatore was at the wheel. Salvatore had betrayed Michele for a driving lesson. Felice brings Michele home, immediately he gets into a fight with Mama, she does not like how Felice has hit her boy. She fights mama but then Papa gets home and fights Felice. Mama then puts Michele to sleep. Later

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