Easties. The story gets around, angering Mars Bar in which he and his friends trash Amanda's tent and destroy her favorite book. Jeffrey is heartbroken and feels his presence on the East End is making things worse. He leaves a note for the family and decides to run away. Jeffrey crosses over to the West End and goes to sleep out in the woods near a trail and finds Piper and Russell, who are running away to Mexico. Jeffrey feels the food they packed for themselves won't last them and winds up taking them back home. They cut through the park where Big John is and he scolds his brothers for attempting to run away for what is now the fifth time. To get on Big John's good side, Jeffrey makes up a story about Big John pitching a ball to him and missing the hit. Big John wants Jeffrey to tell his dad that. They go home to see Mr. McNab (Rip Torn) preparing for war if the East End residents were to try to conquer their side, keeping a stash of many cans of beans and prunes in his house feeling the Easties will try to come over and take them. Feeling uncomfortable, Jeffrey thinks about leaving. After taking Russell and Piper to the zoo and coming home and seeing them and their dad performing a drill to attack the Easties, he decides to head over to the East End. Jeffrey meets with Amanda, who tried to cross over to the West End but was afraid of standing out. Jeffrey tells her that the McNabs are nice deep down but need her to help him keep Russell and Piper from turning as crazy as their father. They go over to Mars Bar's house for help and declares he is too scared to cross over Hector Street. That night, Jeffrey, Amanda, Mars Bar and his friends all show up surprising all the white guests. Big John and his friends go to face off against Mars Bar and his friends and Mars Bar tells them not to cross over Hector Street. Mr. McNab rages war on them and brings out a cannon. Mars Bar and his friends turn to leave, and Big John calls them chicken. Afterward, an explosion is heard. They all go outside and see that Mars Bar and his friend Bump blew apart the statue head of