"We insist," said Nate.
By now Via and Justin had come over with Justin's mom, and Via put her arm around
me.
"You're definitely coming," she said, smiling her old smile at me. They started leading
me out of the crowd, and I have to admit, for the first time in a very, very long time, I felt
absolutely happy.
Part Eight
August
You're gonna reach the skyFly... Beautiful child—Eurythmics, "Beautiful Child"The Fifth-Grade Nature Retreat
Every year in the spring, the fifth graders of Beecher Prep go away for three days and
two nights to a place called the Broarwood Nature Reserve in Pennsylvania. It's a four-