Chapters 3 and 4 Summary

Alice Havers, Jadie's former kindergarten teacher, embarrasses Torey with her praise when Torey tells the other teachers Jadie has spoken to her. Feeling self conscious about her success, Torey goes back to her classroom. Lucy joins her to discuss Jadie and the former special education teacher, June Harriman. Lucy tells Torey that June had committed suicide. With the knowledge of June's death, Torey decides the best thing for her to do is to go ahead and change the room to fit her needs. She believes this action will give the students the feeling that they are having a fresh start with a new teacher. Torey decides to be strict with her rules, especially with troublemaker Jeremiah. In her effort to adhere the group into a working class, Torey also includes fun activities into the class schedule.

Torey is surprised when a...