![]() When he was let out of the hospital, Hattie wasn’t allowed to see him for a while, and she was grounded for a week, and wasn’t allowed to leave the house. He tried climbing out, and finally they got back down, but he was taken to a hospital. At the top, the ride got stuck, and Adam freaked out. One night Hattie took Adam out to the carnival without permission and they went on a Ferris wheel. ![]() When Leila and Hattie became friends, Hattie visits her at the carnival and they get to go on free rides and eat free food because Leila’s family owns the business. When Hattie goes to the carnival, she meets a girl who looks about her age who is working with the carnival, named Leila. Hattie feels more like his friend or babysitter than his niece. His mood could change very easily though, and little things like Nana yelling at him would upset him a lot. When Hattie meets her uncle, Adam for the first time that she remembered, Adam is very cheerful and excited to talk to her. The school closed, so he was coming to live with Hattie’s Nana and Papa, who live very close to her, and wanted their family to be perfect. While she’s away, Hattie finds out from her parents that she has an uncle who was living in a mental school and is 21 years old, named Adam. ![]() She only has one friend her age, Betsy, who goes away for the whole summer every year. Hattie lives in a boarding house that her parents own. ![]() Martin tells the story of Hattie Owen and her summer when she is twelve. The book A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. ![]()
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