Summary

In Part III, “It Wasn’t Todd’s Idea,” a few months after “the fish incident,” Jack and his roommates staged another animal sacrifice (127). Jack, Todd, and Malik got into an argument about mice in their apartment. Goaded by the other boys, Jack violently smashed a mouse with a shoe.

In “Namesake,” in “177 AD in Lyon, France,” Blandine was a slave (132). Although her captors tried killing her multiple times, she would not die (132). They finally killed her by stabbing her. Tiffany was inspired by her faith, and thus changed her name to Blandine.

In “Pearl,” 15 hours prior to exiting her body, Blandine walks “to the Valley” (134). She observes her town as she goes, reflecting on its history and imminent fate. When Zorn Automobiles was in business, Vacca Vale thrived. After its downfall, the town discovered that...