Gwen Timeline and Summary

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Gwen Timeline and Summary

  • Meets Annie the first day of class; she's sitting in the front row, not in the back row where the "dunces" have to sit.
  • Gwen has nine siblings.
  • Already knows Annie's name and tells her she heard that she's very bright
  • Gwen and Annie walk to school together everyday.
  • Gwen and Annie experience and discuss their changing bodies together.
  • Worried about being flat chested, Gwen and Annie rub each other's breasts since they heard this would make them grow.
  • Gwen gets discarded twice, once when Annie meets the Red Girl, and later for good, when Annie is promoted to a higher class.
  • Gwen says goodbye to Annie before Annie departs in a scene not depicted in the last chapter.