SUMMARY OF THE BOOK MY ORANGE LIME PLANT BY CHAPTERS

FIRST PART:

The discoverer of things

A boy named Zezé had an older brother named Totoca. Totoca taught him many things
how to cross the street. Zezé admired him a lot. His family was very poor and his father
was unemployed. One day Totoca asked his uncle Edmundo how he had learned to read.
He told her that he had learned from one day to the next. One day Zezé showed his uncle
how he read and he was shocked. Everyone knew about it and found it a phenomenon.
Uncle Edmundo had promised to give Zezé a wooden horse if he showed him how he
read.

A certain orange-lime plant

Zeze went with his brother Luis to the Zoo. He showed him all the animals that he didn't
know. Then Zeze went with his whole family to see the new house. Everyone took a tree to
be theirs. Zeze only took one orange-lime plant. Suddenly Zeze realized that the plant was
talking to him. They talked a lot and agreed to see each other every day when Zeze was
living in his new house. The plant was called minguito.

The skinny fingers of poverty

Zeze heard news in his neighborhood that after the Rio-San Paulo highway they were going
to give away toys. After convincing his mother to go, he went with his younger brother
Luis, on the condition that they go with the postman. The postman took them but after a
while, he told them that his work was being delayed because of them and left them on the
Rio-San Paulo highway. They had delays due to fatigue and when they arrived they were
already gone. The next day, on Christmas Eve, Zeze only received a few coins. It all ended
very quickly and no one received anything. The next day Zeze was still hoping to receive
some gifts but he couldn't find it and he accidentally insulted his dad. Zeze worked hard
shining shoes and with the money he earned he bought his father some cigarettes and
they reconciled.

The little bird, the school and the flower

It was that Zeze was already moving house. They transported the things in a cart. When
they got there, Zeze spoke with the orange-lime plant. Then Zeze made a joke to a lady
who was passing by by throwing a sock and the lady thought it was a cobra. The lady
screamed and then they found out who Zeze had been and challenged him. Totoca told
Zeze that she had a bird, she loved it very much, it was a very faithful bird, but one day it
died and Totoca never wanted to have a bird again. Zeze then enrolled in a school to
attend classes. He thought that the diligent students brought flowers to the miss. Zeze
thought and started bringing flowers to his miss. The very happy miss admired him and
loved him very much. One day the miss challenged Zeze because she discovered that Zeze
was taking the flowers from a house. The miss told her not to bring her any more and that
every time she saw the vase she was going to imagine it full of flowers given by Zeze.

In a cell I have to see you die

 It was about Zeze knowing a traveling singer named Arriovaldo. Zeze wanted to work with
him. Arrivaldo accepted. Zeze's job was to sell flyers to people passing by. What they gave
him was given to Arriovaldo. Then that was left to Zeze. One day when they were having
lunch a woman insulted Arriobaldo saying how could she exploit such a young child. After a
big argument, Arriovaldo tries to threaten the lady with a knife but he did nothing to her.
Arriovaldo said "I'm going to get revenge on her."

SECOND PART
The bat
It was about some friends of Zeze having some kind of test. The test consisted of climbing
over the rear wheel of the Portuguese car, who was a person with a lot of money. Zeze
accepted the challenge and climbed up the rear wheel. Then the Portuguese realized and
challenged him a lot. Then Zeze, very ashamed of not having been able to take the test,
went to school. When leaving school, Zeze met his brother Totoca and told him to do him a
favor. The favor was for him to fight with a teammate from Totoca. Zeze accepted and was
brutally beaten. Then they were separated and went to their homes. Then Zeze taught Luis
how to play hunt.

The conquest
It was about Zeze accidentally walking through glass. He wanted no one to know for fear of
being beaten. Zeze could barely step. He arrived home, only his sister Gloria was there.
Gloria healed him and told him to stay in his bed and rest. Zeze told him not to tell anyone,
not even his family, so as not to get hit. When her parents arrived, Gloria didn't tell them
anything about the accident she had. The next day Zeze made an effort to go to school. On
the way he met the Portuguese. The Portuguese told him that he couldn't go to school like
that. He took him to the doctor and put some strange things on him so that he would heal
soon. Then the Portuguese bought an ice-cold one from Zeze. Zeze realized that the
Portuguese was not as bad as he thought.

Conversations here and there

It was about Zeze going to the Portuguese's house and they were talking about what his
life was like, who the members of each family were, what the situation of his family was,
etc... Then Zeze asked the Portuguese for permission if he could treat him as your. Then
the Portuguese took him for a drive in his car and told Zeze that his car was also his.

Two memorable beatings

It was about Totoca teaching Zeze how to make a balloon. Zeze was doing it when his sister
told him to come down to eat. He told her that he was coming. His sister told him again
but Zeze didn't come down. His sister went up and took him under one ear. Zeze told him
that he wanted to continue making the balloon and left. His sister grabbed him and started
hitting him hard. In the middle of the beating, Zeze said “whore” and his sister hit him
harder. Then her other sister, Gloria, took Zeze for her room and Zeze rested. When he
was getting better he saw his father reading. To see him smile, he sang him a song: “I want
to see a naked girl....” the father heard it and told Zeze to digest it again. Zeze did it and his
dad beat him up again. The mother arrived and took Zeze to his room and he told her
“because I was born to be beaten.”
Soft and strange request
It was that Zeze had gotten better and was going to the station to see if the Portuguese
was there. He found him and told him that he had not been able to see him these days
because his father had hit him. Zeze told him that he wanted to commit suicide because no
one loved him. The Portuguese told him not to do it because he wanted it. Zeze told him
that he was going to think about it more. Then they went out for a drive and agreed to
meet up so they could go fishing in a river. They went fishing and Zeze got really dirty. They
ate something and returned home.

From pieces and pieces it is formed

It was about Totoca asking Zeze to borrow money. Zeze gave it to him and Totoca told him
some super important things: His dad got a job and that they are going to cut down his
orange-lime plant.

The Mangaratiba
It was about Zeze being at school and hearing that the Portuguese's car had been hit by a
train and he had died. Zeze fell into depression and developed a very bad fever. They
called the doctor and he said that he had a shock and that if they took care of him he
would live. Many people came to see him. Then he recovered and dreamed that the train
was killing MINGUITO (orange-lime plant). Then he went with Luis to the Zoo.

Old trees are holy

It was about Zeze reconciling with his dad and his dad told him that they were going to
move to a very big house and that all the trees that were there were going to belong to
Zeze. But he still couldn't think about Portugal.