Chapter seventeen: "By All That's Holy"
In chapter 17 “By All That’s Holy,” Iggy takes Max and Killer Kane to an empty house. The woman who lives there is gone for the holidays, so Mr. Kane decides he and Max should stay there so the police don’t find him with his son. In the middle of the chapter, Killer Kane sits Max down and tells him they need to get a few things straight. First, no more acting dumb, because “no kid of mine is retard." In the end of this chapter, Mr. Kane puts his hand on a Bible and swears that he didn’t murder Max’s mom; and that he was framed. In all, this is what happened in chapter 17.