The Attic story is told in three parts.
Part I—Sybil
Part II—Chicago
Part III—The Attic.
Sybie is a main character throughout the story. Roosevelt classmates might remember a fellow student, Karen Sounds, who was a victim of the disease Non-Patella Syndrome—NPS. Some of the kids cruelly called her Tic Tock. Her disability and her perseverance is important to the story.