BRUISESBY: ARCHIMEDE FUSILLO CHAPTER 1-8 SUMMARY

Daniel Landgraf

Chapter 1

In this chapter, we are introduced to some of the characters in the book, namely: Falco Ape Mr. Tallis Brad Singh Cannucia

The boys of 11B are heading on camp, and at the end of the chapter, they have arrived at the campsite.

Chapter 2

At the start of this chapter, we are introduced to 2 more characters: The camp owner, Reg Bleary The camp manager, Kevin Fitzgibbons, or Gibbo

Falco also begins to talk about Val, his brother with a physical disease

The book starts to talk about Brad He plays guitar He is new to the school He is targeted by Ape

The boys of 11B are being introduced to the camp and their bunks are being chosen

Chapter 3

In this chapter, we find who is sleeping in what bunk, however we only find out about one bunk, bunkhouse 5, which is the most important in the book, as it contains most of the main characters

We discover that Ape is bullying Brad for some unknown reason

We learn that Ape likes to intimidate the others in Bunkhouse 5, this is evident when he compares the Bunkhouse to a jail cell

Chapter 4

In this chapter, all of 11B are gathered together in the hall, and the camp manager, Reg Bleary, is finding out who will do the breakfast duty in the morning via a ballot.

Unfortunately for Falco, he picks out his own bunkhouse for breakfast duty. This doesn’t go down very well with Ape, even though he probably won’t show up for it

Mr. Tallis talks to Falco about his brother, Val, and asks how things are going on at home

As the chapter ends, the boys of 11B are about to set out on their first activity, a night orienteering course

Chapter 5

In this chapter, we discover that the boys of 11B are having trouble with the orienteering task

Their problem is that they are lost Ape is busy sending Cannucia out into the lake

that the boys are next to in an attempt at catching a dead stingray

Meanwhile, Brad and Singh are attempting to find a way to get back to the campsite

All of a sudden, Cannucia disappears in the water, everyone, after a while, fearing the worst

Then, Cannucia appears further up the beach, and tells everyone that he slipped on a rock and went under

He managed to get himself back to the shore however

Chapter 6

In this chapter, the boys have managed to get themselves back to camp, and back to a relieved Gibbo, who is once happy that everyone is back, starts to get angry at the group

Even thought the camp has been going for a short time, Ape already has a grudge against Gibbo, and when Gibbo calls Ape a goomba, that’s the icing on the cake, and Ape goes off at him

While this happens, everyone else goes silent, and Gibbo is startled

Gibbo punishes the boys by not giving them their supper, and some of the other boys of 11B taunt them

It is revealed that Ape changed the compass’, so presumably he changed a working one for the one that didn’t work and got them lost

Ape begins to taunt Falco for not “standing up for the rest of the group” earlier in the chapter

Chapter 7

Ape continues to taunt the bunkhouse, by teasing Brad about his guitar, and Singh, about his weight issues

Falco and Brad both go to the toilet, however, because Brad announced it after Falco, Ape decided to tease Brad again, by suggesting that he is gay

Brad and Falco start to talk about their fathers and what they are like, for example, Brad’s dad liked to play manly games like football, however, Falco’s dad didn’t have any time for games, he was always worried about Falco’s brother

Chapter 8

Falco gets up and heads off to do the breakfast duty He feels that this is a good break to get away from Ape, who

doesn’t want to do it, and tells Cannucia to cover for him with an excuse

Reg takes the excuse, however, he decides that Ape and Cannucia need other duties to compensate for them missing out on the breakfast duty

The boys of 11B head off to their morning activity, the giant swing. Most of the boys are excited, however, Singh is not looking forward to it

Luckily for Singh, it turns out that the giant swing won’t be run. However, this is due to vandalism, and this doesn’t go down at all well with Gibbo

Ape tries to make himself look helpful and big by trying to suss out who could have cut it town, but Gibbo yells at Ape, and Ape is taken aback

Ape then decides to make himself look big again by bullying others and attempting to force out a confession