Summary

Chapter Nineteen. When Luke gets outside it is full dark, and he sees a light flash in the woods. He runs across the lawn and follows the light, hiding behind one tree after another. Finally, the light stops moving and Luke creeps close enough to see several boys sitting in a semicircle with their backs to him. An instant later another light flashes, and Luke hears a girl’s voice ask why an emergency meeting has been called. Luke then hears a familiar voice answer, and he sees jackal boy talking to a tall, thin girl about Luke’s age. Jackal boy says that there is something strange about the new boy, and Luke realizes that he is talking about him. He then says that the new boy is registered as Lee Grant, and that he doesn’t seem to be autistic...