After April goes to live with her grandparents, she finds it challenging to settle in to her new school. By the time Halloween arrives, she has drawn several other children into the Egypt game, has cut her hair into a flattering bob, and started to get on good terms with her grandmother. Just when she is beginning to feel comfortable, however, she receives a long-overdue letter from her mother, Dorothea. April’s mother happily reports that she has gotten married and is moving in with her new husband. Because his apartment is small, Dorothea writes, she is not moving all of April’s things. Instead, she is sending them to April, who is devastated by the news and takes it out on her grandmother by screaming at her.