Rewilding by Lisa Gerlits illustrated by Savanna Durr ONE ELM BOOKS Egremont Massachusetts
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CHAPTER 1 It is ten minutes before the bell on a Friday but I am heading for the bathroom with a queasy stomach We're studying the living organisms that help decompose a fallen tree Miz Liz showed a time-lapse video with so much oozing slithering and wriggling my stomach started doing the same that I push open the door to find my best friend standing on a toilet seat with her ear pressed against the wall I almost drop the bathroom pass a horse missing one leg Char I say What are you doing Shhhhh she says wooden On the other side of the wall is Ms. Bertoli's office She's the counselor and everyone calls her Bertie The bathroom's smell-combo of sweat and lemon soap puts another twist in my stomach Come and listen with me she whispers If someone catches us eavesdropping Char will 1
