Chapter I – Introductions
It was the last week of eighth grade, just before summer. School let out on Thursday. Four more school days until the blissful relaxation of my 13th summer. My teachers were all sick of me, and I was certainly sick of them.
I made every effort to let them know exactly how sick of them I was. Each of those efforts landed me in the principal’s office, although even Mr. Fontaine was too consumed by the expectation of summer to put any real effort into discipline. My