Summary

Monday opens with a definition of equilibrium.

Girl With a Pear opens with a description of a rabbit hole. Twelve-year-old Caroline holds a Dr. Pepper, thinking this is what it is like to hold her dad’s heart. Two hours ago, Caroline was in her life science class working on a paper about starfish. The counselor arrived as her father had a heart attack. Now, Charlotte waits in the hospital with her mother thinking about how her father loved birds and leaves. Last year, her father got a stint in his heart, and Charlotte had spent time researching heart surgeries. Her mother asks if she washed her hands. Charlotte thinks about all the potential bacteria in the hospital. She asks if they can see her dad and mentions the heart of a starfish. Then, she thinks about...