The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates, Sumaries

Rules of the Game: This Chapter is about a young girl named Waverly Jong, who learns to play chess. She meets an old man who teaches her all the tricks, and then her mom puts her in competitions. Waverly yells at her mom for taking credit for her chess skills.
The Voice from the Wall: In this chapter we find out that Lenas mom probably killed her first baby or something like that. The mom freaks out the whole chapter about protecting Lena, and then after the moms baby dies, the mom also dies. We also meet Lena's neighbor, a 12 year old girl who fights with her mom all the time but they are still friends.
Half and Half: Rose wants to divorce her husband and her mom wants her to fight for her marriage. Much of the chapter is spent reviewing how when she was a young girl, the Hsu family went to the beach, and then Bing fell into the water and died.
Two Kinds: This chapter is basically all about how throughout her whole life, Jing-Mei's mom tries her whole life to make her daughter into some wort of prodigy/genius, but she doesn't want to admit it. Jing-Mei's piano teacher is deaf, and she discovers that she can play random notes and her teacher wont notice. When Jing-Mei plays at a talent show, she sucks and disappoints her whole family.

11-20 SAT Words

I do not like arid places, such as the desert.
I am assiduous in reading my English book.
Antanopoulos is currently in an asylum.
It is good to be a benevolent person.
I like seeing movies where they attempt to display the camaraderie of friends.
Someone should censure her potty mouth.
I drive in a very circuitous manner.
Circus people are clairvoyant.
If my friends would collaborate more, things would be easier.
Please show compassion when grading the I.O.P.'s