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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Part 1
Earthquake Drill
Speak
Mom
After School
Dog Ears
Main Street
The Bakery
Grandfather
The Jewelry Shop
The Medal
Coughing
The World Is Full
Ecosystem
Mrs. Hershkowitz
Good Buddy
Shake-up
Just Another Earthquake
The Delivery
1401
The Door Opens
Remembrance
The Knife
The Golem
Giants
Breakfast
School Days
Contagious
The Library
Pennants
The Creature
For Malia
Voice
Tic-tac-toe
Part 2
Shyness
Getting Back
Jordan
Asking the Question
Try to Speak
Where Did My Words Go?
Talent Show
Paper Bag
A Different Shabbat
After Shabbat
The Alarm
Bareket
The Delivery
The Phone Rings
Forest Road
Pomegranates
I Should Leave
Trees Are Friends
Wisdom
Singing to the Trees
The Magic Pool
My Drawing
Flyer
Ripples in the Water
The Face
Sometimes You Don’t Need Words
It’s Okay
Broken Glass
Pandesal
Pumpkin
Grown-up Talk
Not Hungry
The Journey
Lola
A Day of Awe
Part 3
Clay
Changes
Energy
Confession
The Clay That Heals
NL West (Sunday, Oct. 1)
Services
Everyone’s Talking
An Unexpected Companion
Buddy in the Shop
Dogs
Down the Path
Pumpkin Carving
Smoothing It Over
Allergies
Waiting
Trouble
Tuesday
Singing Practice
The Argument
Losing Control
Until
It Gets Worse
Agreements
Baseball Game
Soft Pretzels
Words Come Out
Part 4
Sunday Morning
Sign-up Sheet
Clay
An Idea
Mrs. Li
Tremor
She Gets Worse
What the Trees Say
Hope
Baseball Mitt
Services
Tears and Snot and Everything
When We Don’t Go
Giants Win
A “Half-Open Door”
Hard Choices
The Unexpected Thing
Are We Golem?
Like a Holiday
Phone Call
Skipping School
Down the Path
The Jar
Mixing
The Change
What’s Next
Coughing
Everything Is Made of Baseball
Tickets
Part 5
Practice
Sunlight
Her Father
Change
The Plan
The Difficult Choice
The Meeting
Handshake
Game 1
Baseball Talk
Pre-Game 2
Game 2
Departing
What Are We Made Of?
October 16
The Agbayanis
The Truth
The Day of Days
12:31: Arrival
Nervous
Granola Bars
The Last Lunch
Part 6
The Community Center
Right Before:
3:52
3:58
4:08
4:14
4:27
4:36
4:45
4:52
Singing
4:58
5:01
5:03
5:04
Fifteen Seconds
5:06
5:07
5:07
5:08
5:09
5:11
5:12
5:12
5:14
5:15
5:16
The Gape
5:18
5:19
5 …
Darkness
Home
Buddy
Mrs. Hershkowitz
The Things That Happen Next
The Drive
Return to Forest Road
Mailbox
Lola
Getting Back
Questions on the Drive
Part 7
Find Him
Wake Up
The Quake
Sorry
Surprise
Our Building
Mom
Small Gifts
Rebuilding
A Gift and a Promise
Back to the Forest Path
The Song
Concert
Really Okay
Unearthing
Mix
The Last of the Clay
The Empty Jar
Her Idea
In the Kitchen
Putting Things Back Together
Back to School
At Recess
Synagogue
World Series Returns
Ancient Mysteries
The Shop
Shabbat
Unexpected Guests
Blessings
Author’s Note
About the Author
Copyright
Copyright © 2021 by Chris Baron
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