Monday’s Not Coming
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Chapter 1. September Chapter 2. The Before Chapter 3. The After Chapter 4. One Year Before the Before Chapter 5. October Chapter 6. The Before Chapter 7. The After Chapter 8. The Before Chapter 9. One Year Before the Before Chapter 10. The Before Chapter 11. The After Chapter 12. Two Years Before the Before Chapter 13. November Chapter 14. The Before Chapter 15. The After Chapter 16. The Before Chapter 17. One Year Before the Before Chapter 18. The Before Chapter 19. December Chapter 20. One Year Before the Before Chapter 21. The After Chapter 22. The Before Chapter 23. Two Years Before the Before Chapter 24. January Chapter 25. One Year Before the Before Chapter 26. The Before Chapter 27. The After Chapter 28. One Year Before the Before Chapter 29. The Before Chapter 30. February Chapter 31. The Before Chapter 32. The After Chapter 33. One Year Before the Before Chapter 34. The After Chapter 35. The Before Chapter 36. The After Chapter 37. The Before Chapter 38. March Chapter 39. The After Chapter 40. One Year Before the Before Chapter 41. The After Chapter 42. The Before Chapter 43. One Year Before the Before Chapter 44. The Before Chapter 45. April Chapter 46. The Before Chapter 47. The After Chapter 48. The Before Chapter 49. The After Chapter 50. May Chapter 51. The Before Chapter 52. The After Chapter 53. The Before Chapter 54. The After Chapter 55. June Chapter 56. The After Chapter 57. Later On
Themes
All Themes Child Abuse Family, Community, and Responsibility Growing Up, Independence, and Friendship Secrecy and Shame Poverty, Social Support, and Desperation Memory, Repression, and Trauma
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Characters
All Characters Claudia Coleman Monday Charles Ma Michael Daddy Ms. Paul Shayla Green Ms. O’Donnell Darrell Singleton April Charles Mrs. Charles Tip Charles August Charles Tuesday Charles Jacob Miller Ms. Valente Detective Carson Megan (“High Bun”) Ms. Orman Mr. Hill Ms. Walker Ms. Roundtree
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Monday’s Not Coming

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Tiffany Jackson
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The Library

The library across the street from Claudia’s house represents Monday and all the parts of her life that she didn’t share with Claudia. The library’s association with Monday is, at first, very straightforward: the…

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