Chapters 17 & 18

The night Logan gets back from the DiSilvo party, he waited until night time to shine his flashlight at Arthur's room to make him come out. Arthur camr to his window and asked Logan what he wanted, still mad at him for not hanging out with him anymore. They meet up outside so Logan can explain to Arthur about what Nina had said. The boys decided they would meat up the next day at the library to make a plan. Logan got up right away the next day and ran past his mother before she could peven say anything. When he got to the library, Violet, her daughter May, and Arthur were waiting at a table for him. Violet explained to the boys that she knew now what her mother had explained in the letter. The hiding game her mother talked about, took place at the Witches' Hut in the magic forest. the boys got up and made a plan to meet up with violet later that night after work. When the boys left the library, a man walked up to them. It was Mr. Disilvio, and he told the boys to stay away from the park bacuase it is dangerous. Apparently Mr. Disilvio had been sitting just close enough to them to hear every word they had said. The boys played it off like they weren't going. Later that night, against what Mr. DiSilvio said, the boys went to wal-mart to meet up with Violet. When they got to the store they saw that Violet's car was the only one left there. Soon a figure had walked up to them and it was Danny, Violet's son. He had bruises on his face from his father. Danny knew that his father had taken Violet to the magic forest to find the money. The boys all rode off to the park to look for the money and Violet. When they got to the hut they dug under the closest gingerbread which is what Violat told them to do. The dog bear helped dig and they found the breifcase. Just seconds after they heard other voices in the short distance. The boys quickly hide from the people. Child abuse is shown in these  chapters and is another reason why this book should be banned.