Boy Overboard chapter
summaries.
Chapter 2:
After Bibi kicks the ball into the not allowed area, Jamal comes in tries to
save Bibi. After Jamal finds Bibi and she tells him that Bibi wrote a note to
their parents saying she went to play soccer. Jamal tells Bibi to at once get
back home and rip up that note, they meet a tank, they think it is
abandoned, but then they see it is parked. They freeze, and luckily a rock
flies away.
Themes of chapter 2: Friendship, courage, war.
Chapter 3:
Jamal tells Bibi to get down, and she runs out of there, leaving Jamal to
fend for himself. He stands, remembering that desert warriors never give
up. He ASKED them directly to give their ball back. With all his might, he
apologizes to the tank, saying that he is sorry for his sister throwing rocks.
And then Jamal tries to get his ball by himself. It could not budge, but
eventually the tanks went off into the distances, and FINALLY Jamal could
get his ball. He finds out that Bibi stepped on a landmine.
Chapter 4:
Jamal thought he heard a bang, but there was not. Bibi was screaming and
Yusuf was yelling very loudly. Jamal rushes to Bibi, to find her standing on
the landmine. Bibi turns pale telling Jamal that she loves him. Bibi tells
Jamal that she stepped on the Landmine because she saw something
related to a Bird Migration project. Jamal realizes that the mine is new,
which is good because bomb experts know which one to snip. Jamal says
this Bibi: “Never Give up, even when things are looking hopeless. With
luck, when Bibi steps out of the land mine, it does not explode. This
chapter signifies that when things look hard, there is always an effortless
way to it.
Chapter 5:
After Yusuf, Jamal and Bibi escape the forbidden place, they run seeing,
lots of houses all decayed into rubble. Bibi says this about Afghanistan: “I
hate this WHOLE country. This country is camel snot. This place is a bum
boil.” Jamal is shocked to find Bibi hating Afghanistan. Jamal, Yusuf, and
Bibi duck down when they see a truck. Jamal said that his house has a roof
still, his mom and dad are alive, and his family still has arms, legs, and
limbs. Yusuf does not have legs, so Bibi glances apologetically at Yusuf.
Bibi, Jamal, Yusuf encounter Mr. Nasser, the scariest man in the street. Mr.
Nasser thinks that the three kicked the ball and cracked the window. Jamal
tries to prove him wrong by kicking the ball, and he cracks another
window. Mr. Nasser calls them criminals AND then Jamal and Bibi’s dad
come in, saying that he will take full responsibility for these actions. He
drops Yusuf at his house, and he drives home, with something on his mind.
Chapter 6:
Jamal braces for impact of Dad’s yelling. Jamal thought that Dad was
going to tell Mum, but he also thought that he was going to ask mom for
help with yelling. Bibi punches Jamal in the arm, saying that she is sorry
for what happened and causing so much trouble. Bibi tells Jamal that he
could have improved with practice. Jamal was almost going to tickle Bibi,
but then she was right. He realized with his own way of thinking that his
ancestors (Dad’s side) became desert warriors by lots of practice from
becoming a baker. Jamal’s dad and mom came in. They told him and Bibi
that they loved him very much, and Jamal and Bibi were relieved. Dad said
that they must move out of Afghanistan because someone snitched on the
illegal school. Jamal realizes that all the school things are gone.
Themes: Resistance, angriness, sadness, hope.
Chapter 7:
Jamal is feeling angry, so angry he could punch a tank. He is in complete
shock about this. He sees his mom and dad packing up prayer mats and a
picture of Jamal he painted into his bag and Dad has just finished repairing
the mudbricks. Jamal and Bibi do not want to go away from their home.
Bibi says if the Government comes in, they will have a fateful of rocks.
Mum takes out the precious, grimy candle from the ancestors. She orders
Jamal to go to his room and pack up his stuff. He could not take some
stuff, so he stared at it, sadly. He sees his mom digging a hole in the dirt,
and she places all the school supplies in the dirt, from the illegal school.
He cries from seeing that, and his parents are in depression. He looks for a
way to stay. Bibi is most angered because she calls the government
“Camel dung.”
Themes: sadness, hope, bitterness.
Chapter 8:
Jamal, Yusuf and his (Yusuf) grandfather watched the match with his
grandfather saying that Liverpool had gone overboard. Jamal has been
watching the match, he has just been more focused on how to leave
Afghanistan. They have been watching from Yusuf’s grandfather illegal TV,
so Jamal could not understand English, but Yusuf’s Grandfather could,
because he was there once. The grandfather explains the word
“overboard” In English means, bold daring, confident. Yusuf’s grandfather
asks if he could take Yusuf to his room so Jamal could have the mattress.
He kindly declines and says he can watch football until he feels tired, so
he can recover a bit more. He sees more football.
Chapter 9:
Jamal waits for everyone else to fall asleep and then finally manages to
play some soccer ⚽. Jamal mentions that all the neighbours are asleep, so
you do not get imprisoned. Jamal says playing his thing takes his mind
away. Especially when his parents are away. He also notices that the
moonlight is bright as a huge Manchester United Stadium. He says Sir
Alex Fergusson, are you there? Jamal hears a voice, and he thinks it is his
mom or dad. He realizes it is not his mom or dad. It is his sister, Bibi. Bibi
and Jamal play some soccer. Bibi and Jamal see the ball up and he gets a
sickening thought that it will crash Mr Nasser’s window, but it successfully
did not. Instead, Jamal’s house EXPLODES, and the government officials
take his mum. Jamal sees two trucks and a taxi came up. The trucks leave
and Jamal finds out it is his dad’s taxi. Jamal and Bibi get in and zoom out
of there before government officials find out about them.
Chapter 10:
After Jamal and Bibi got picked up by their dad, Jamal gets a very painful
thought. Bibi asked her dad where her mom is, and her dad replies while
walking to Yusuf’s grandfather cellar. He says that mom will meet them at
the city tomorrow, but she got taken by the government officials. He lies
to Jamal and Bibi, saying that want to meet mom at the city. Bibi said if
Mom’s not ok, she will be very filled with rage and angriness! People
outside ae still wondering and talking about h explosion caused b the
government. Some people are even saying that even found bits of Jamal
and his family. Jamal thinks that people have very vivid imaginations. After
recovering, Yusuf’s grandfather finds out the taxi is not damaged and no
one else found about it. Yusuf’s Grandfather wishes them good luck.
Before they leave, Yusuf gives Jamal his ball and he says take it with him.
Chapter 11:
Jamal wakes up in his car, with breadsticks crumbs lying around on his
neck in the taxi. Bibi was lying down with slobber on her cheek, so Jamal
manages
