Summary

Chapter 4: Cipher jumps forward in time to the fall of Lee’s sophomore year, though the narration remains in the past tense. Lee remembers that in her spare time she used to think about the book shaped pin that Ms. Moray, the intern English teacher, wore to class. Before class began on her first day Lee noticed first that Cross was not in her class. She also noticed a group of students trying to kill a bee near the back of the room. The bee flew toward Lee. Without thinking she smashed it between her palms. Ms. Moray came into the room just as Darden used a curse word to exclaim about Lee killing the bee. When Ms. Moray told the students she would ignore Darden’s comment, the students thought (at first) that they had gotten a cool teacher.

Ms. Moray first...