She says, “I want to be done with this! I want to be done with him! Mr. Bartley said he was concerned for us? How did he show it? By ignoring us? Humiliating us? Not once over the past week has he expressed any kind of compassion or sympathy for the personal attacks we’ve endured, at least not until I said it to him first! He used Principal McNeil as an excuse, saying he wasn’t allowed to talk to us? What about decent human courtesy? It’s inexcusable. I don’t trust him. He doesn’t deserve our trust! He wants us to come to class. What are we going to do?”

I take Logan’s hand, brush the pad of my thumb over her knuckles. The question lingers in her conflicted eyes. I give her the only answer I have. “I wish I knew. Let’s just wait and see how we feel about all of this on Monday. Last minute. That’s when we’ll decide.”

Chapter 61: Daniel

Appalled and disgusted by the debate, Daniel took action immediately. He did the research on the Nazis’ Final Solution of the Jewish Question, wrote his paper expressing his disapproval and horror, and turned it in last Monday along with a personal note explaining why he could not, would not, attend the debate.