Rags
- Corinna works on her quilt in sewing class. A boy named Billy Bradley asks her if she's using old rags because she can't afford new fabric. Ugh.
- Corinna wants to tell Ms. Carey what's up, and when she does, Ms. Carey gives her a hug, which feels really nice. Corinna doesn't even care if anyone sees.
- Joci asks where Corinna and Clare always go at lunch, and Corinna says she'll tell her later, but she doesn't really want to.
- Four days later, they get a snow day. Yay. Corinna goes sledding with her friends.
- When her dad walks Maki that night, Corinna swipes Sophie's journal from the closet and hides it in her room. She reads another page.
- Her mom's worried about money—she's not sure how she and Corinna's dad are going to survive on a musician and teacher's salaries.
- Robert drops out of group, and Corinna works up the nerve to ask him why. He says it's because he hated his stepdad, and it makes him feel really different from everyone else.
- Corinna realizes there are people who feel even more like aliens than she does.
- She gets the flu and misses a week of school. When she goes back, she goes to get her homework from Miss Beatty and asks her teacher if it ever gets easier to live without a mom.
- Miss Beatty says it does, although it never gets completely better. She reminds Corinna that her mom will always be a part of her.