Ex-mas
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North Valley High School
Los Angeles
December 22
11:43 a.m.
Mr. Geary had to be kidding.
It was literally moments before the last bell was supposed to ring on the last half-day of classes -- three seconds to Christmas break and the holidays and freedom -- and the earth science teacher was handing out homework with every indication that he expected people to be paying attention. Had he finally lost it?
"He must be insane," Lila Beckwith muttered to her lab partner, Denny. She took the handout with a heavy sigh and scanned the first page, picking out the words global warming and polar ice caps before stuffing the article into her bag. Winter break was about to start and she had far more pressing things to attend to. For example, the biggest party of the year. Which she happened to be throwing. Tonight.
Assuming earth science ever ended.
RINNNGGGGG!
Finally!
Lila leaped from her seat and raced for the door, getting caught up in the swell of excited kids streaming down the hallway. The lacrosse guys jostled one another outside the classroom ... read full excerpt from: Ex-mas ebook
