What is chapter 17 about in warriors don’t cry

In Chapter 17 there is some foreshadowing when Link tells Melba something huge that the segregationists are planning. Link also brings Melba to Nana Healey's and she then decides that he does not have dark motives and that she should trust him (later on Grandmother India does too, which I think is an achievement).

Explanation:

Explanation:

The last days of school are stressful. Link warns about the segregationists doing something to someone's family, but Melba worries about a boy in study hall who threatens to throw her out of a window and the girls who encircle her “at least once a day” and say every negative thing they can about her body.

that you cannot mess with fate and love cannot be controlled