Summary

Thursday opens with two definitions of rhetorical.

River opens with a paragraph about various groups of animals and how sometimes wolves can separate from their clan and become stronger through their struggles. As Charlotte’s mother drives her to school, she says that her father is doing better. Charlotte had cried all night without knowing exactly what it is over. Then, her dreams had been a bizarre mix of everything that is bothering her. Charlotte wishes she had good news like Ben.

Life According to Ben Part XIII opens with him practicing his speech to his mother. She says it was perfect but she feels she tells him that too often. He wonders what she would think of the bullying and says that nothing is perfect. He gets angry when she calls him an old nickname and thinks she...