Chapters 41-42 Summary

Chapter 41

Cordie and Kevin drive the truck directly at the front entrance of the school and both leap clear before it smashes into the stone steps, much of it flipping up and through the front door. The gasoline does not ignite, but Kevin walks closer with his gun and shoots at the tank until it explodes.

Mike's entrance causes enough of a distraction for the boys to resist their attackers. Dale ends up outside the class with Dr. Roon choking him and dangling him over the second floor banister. The school shakes as the truck smashes into the front of it, and Dr. Roon drops Dale. The explosion that follows turns the first floor into an inferno. The boys free Lawrence and clamber up the stairs toward the belfry. The inside of the bell is filled with a large sac of...