ONE Rally I understand that you had quite a difficult summer Will Worser remained still and silent refusing to even blink Principal Ludlum knew nothing about him no matter what the official records showed For one thing Mr Ludlum kept referring to him as Will No one called him that To his mother and his teachers he was William He was called Worser by everyone else in school including once accidentally he hoped the school secretary Mr Ludlum appeared to be what Worser’s mother called a standoffishial one of those administrators who hides in an office all day avoiding people It was Mr Vaccario the assistant principal who was the perceived figure of authority He was the one who stalked the hallways of Oak Valley Middle School threatening students and had a face that was rough and red like a meatball Throughout sixth grade Worser had rarely seen Mr Ludlum Ludlum And he’d certainly never been in his office not until ten minutes ago at the end of his first week of seventh grade And Worser was not impressed 1
