Resolution (Denouement) Acceptanceīy now, Leigh has figured out that he can't really count on his dad, but it's nice that he finally shows up at the end. He writes a winning story, makes an alarm that stops the thief, and gets a friend in the bargain. Leigh gets a great idea for a new story for the school writing competition and starts the ball rolling to build a lunchbox alarm. Falling Action Things Are Falling Into Place Fridley shows up and acts all dad-like, talking him down and sending him back to class to think things over. Leigh is so upset about his dad and the pizza kid, and so frustrated with the lunch thief, that he picks up a random lunch bag and takes it into the hall to drop kick it to Mars. Climax (Crisis, Turning Point) To Kick or Not to Kick Unfortunately, he does finally connect with his dad and hears another kid in the background talking about going out for pizza. Leigh probes his mom about his dad and tries to believe his dad is interested in him, all while trying to protect his lunch by writing a pseudonym on his lunch bag or taping it shut. It introduces the main problems in the book, which are basically that he doesn't hear from his dad and that someone's stealing the good stuff from his lunches. What this really does is continue the exposition by giving us more info on Leigh and his family. Henshaw's list of questions for Leigh, there's a mild scuffle, and Leigh ends up answering them and not being happy about it.

Rising Action (Conflict, Complication) Troubling Things He's writing fan mail to his favorite author, Mr. Leigh is a normal kid with two parents and a dog. Exposition (Initial Situation) Dear Reader, I Am Leigh

Dear mister henshaw