Summary of the first couple of chapters ( 2 - 47 )

In the middle of the night, when Christopher likes to be on the street because he likes the feeling to be the only being on the planet, he sees Willington, the dog of a neighbor (Mrs. Shears) lying dead in a garden with a pitchfork sticking in him. As he picks him up to see what happened Mrs Shears comes out and screams because she thinks that Chris killed the dog. The cops are called and as one of them is asking Christopher questions and touches him, he hits him in the face because he wants him to not touch him. So he is arrested and taken to the police station where his dad picks him up and tells the police about his sons disorder so he doesn´t get punished. From there on Christopher decides to find out what happened to the dog and starts to play detective. His mom died two years ago because of a heart attack and he lives alone with his father who seems to have a hard time with him.