At The beginning of chapter 8, Bud is sleeping under a tree, then Bugs From The Home surprises Bud. They are both on the run, So they team up to go to a place called Hooperville where they can catch a ride on a train to Chicago. They put saliva in their hands and shake both of their hands together. Now Bud has a brother.
In the middle of chapter 8 Bud and Bugs team up to find Hooperville just outside of flint in order to make it to Chicago. They found it and They had 2 servings of food but they washed the dishes and dried them in return. Bud was cleaning clean the dishes with a girl named Deza. Then they went to bed. Bugs fell asleep in a second but Bud did not.
At the end of chapter 8 Bugs and Bud wake up in order to make it to the train. Then Bud packs up his suitcase and his stuff and starts heading to the train. After his blue flyer falls out he needed to catch the flyer but he did not make it to the train but Bugs did make it. After that, the police came and burn Hooperville down.