Summary

The return of Lewis and Clark High School students to their education is revealed in the newspaper article that is Chapter 25. Students and teachers will resume their normal routine at the local recreational center, as the school building is still actively being investigated. A curfew instated the previous week remains in effect to protect the community from the on-going threat of the house fires.

Chapter 26 begins with students reluctantly heading back to school. The last funeral for a student killed in the shooting is held the evening before school resumes, no one having the strength to attend. The four juniors on the yearbook staff sit in their classes, hyper-aware of those missing and appreciative of those still there. Christina’s first class of the day is filled with a sense of somberness, no one talking. Matt sees and avoids Tyler before his first...