The Beginning: Chs. 1 - 7 Summary

In Chapter 1, Cameron is a sixteen-year-old high school student who lives with his mom, dad and twin sister, Jenna. Cameron remembers the day that he almost died while on the It's a Small World ride at Disneyland when he was 5 years old. He was entranced by the machines and the lights and decided that if he stopped the ride he could save his family from all the craziness of the ride. Cameron jumped out of the boat, into the water and had to be saved by his father. Cameron remembers this as the most alive he has ever felt.

In Chapter 2, Cameron is in English class and is bored out of his mind. He has two teachers today, an English teacher and a Spanish one, as they are reading Cervates' Don Quixote. The teacher's are teaching together...