Allison dislikes winter. Her friendship with Selena becomes less intense the more Selena becomes involved with Ted Carter. Allison develops a friendship with Kathy Ellsworth, a new girl in town. The school board replaces the deceased high school principalby a man named Tomas Makris. Some reactions to the man's Greek ethnicity are somewhat racist. The only positive reaction comes from Miss Thornton, who looks forward to the new principal bringing in some new ideas.
Tomas Makris arrives and is tall, strong, physically and sexually attractive, blunt, and possessed of both a violent temper and a sharp tongue. Doc Swain greets Makris, who thinks that Swain is about the only person he's met so far who looks like a real person. Harrington greets Makris heartily. Makris he is not someone who's going.....
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