Chapter 4 Summary

Two weeks pass. Dreenie arrives for another day of school. Ever the responsible one, she is the first one to get to class, just after the teacher Ms. Baker, and she dutifully plugs in the lights of the classroom's Christmas tree. The tree has been decorated by the students, and Dreenie thinks it is pretty. One decoration includes a menorah for the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, which Bluish had brought. Sitting in the quiet classroom on a couch, Dreenie hears the gradual swell of noise as more and more kids get to the school, talking and opening their lockers.

Dreenie feels more at ease with her class, and less like the "new kid" who doesn't know anybody. Additionally, she has had more positive connections with Bluish. Some days ago, Dreenie and Tuli had been chosen to escort Bluish down the elevator for one of...