81 pages 2 hours read

Sara Pennypacker

Pax

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

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Chapters 22-24

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Chapter 22 Summary

Peter creates a surprise show for Vola, not the Sinbad she expects. He decides to put on a production, where Vola is actually the main character: “She was all wrong about being too dangerous to be near people. […]The problem was that no one knew her. Except maybe him” (198). Vola comes into the barn and Peter sees that she is dressed up; she is wearing a long, purple skirt and has actually combed her hair. Vola is amazed at the stage and tells Peter that he has the makings of a woodworker. He suddenly grows afraid that his plan is a terrible idea. He opens the play by saying “This is the story of a girl” (199). He has the puppet shoot a rifle, he unscrews her leg, and makes her climb into the nest, officially making her the bird. He tells her story. The story of a woman who goes to war and then moves into a house with apples.

Vola doesn’t make a sound. Peter then puts a child puppet beside the fox he made: “He had her bend low to the child, then turn the curtain and stroke the fox. And then he pulled the curtain” (200).