Tunes for Bears to Dance To: Pages 27-40

Here's a recap of what happened in Tunes for Bears to Dance To by Robert Cormier from pages 27-40.

27-31:  Henry goes with his mom to visit Eddie's grave.  Eddie has no monument like other people do.  They both say it would be amazing to have a baseball and a bat as Eddie's monument so people can remember what a great player he was.  Also, we learn that Henry's dad is very depressed and has seen a doctor because of that.  This plays an important role in the next few chapters.

32-34:  Henry tells Mr. Hairston about his idea for the monument.  Mr. Hairston seems interested and promises to talk to Barstow about the monument.  Henry is optimistic.

35-40:  Henry goes to the craft center and talks with George Graham.  We get dropped a HUGE bombshell:  Mr. Levine is a survivor from the Holocaust.  His wife and daughter were sent to a concentration camp and were killed and his son was sent with him to a work camp.  His son didn't survive the hard labor and died, but Mr. Levine survived.  He was freed by soldiers from other countries when the war was over.

Now we see why Mr. Levine is so sad and depressed.  We also see why he tips his hat randomly:  Nazis would kick and beat the Jewish people if they would not tip their hats to them.  For Mr. Levine, that became second nature and he does it all the time now without even realizing.

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