In June, Mrs. Baker takes the class on their yearly trip. Camping. Mrs. Baker hates camping, but does it just for her husband who will be home soon. Holling reads "Much Ado About Nothing", he realized that in real life people don't fall out of love instantly but gradually, and that happiness comes in different forms and may not always happen. Booby Kennedy was shot and killed. this caused jus as much dread as to when MLK Jr. was shot and died as well. He and Heather walk to Saint Adelbert's to light candles, but Kennedy dies the following morning. Holling and Heather hold one another and cry.
On Thursday, Holling and his class are taken on a journey on the Catskill Mountains to where they will camp.All the students hiked up the mountain until they arrived at their campsite. Holling ws given the job to hold all utensils for the campers. As Holling continued to walk up the mountain, he felt the bag getting lighter and lighter. When they arrived at their destination, Holling dug a hole to set up for a fire, until Mrs. Sidman opened up the bag and noticed all the utensils were gone. Mrs. Sidman thought of a punishment for Holling, to wash all dishes. meryll offered to help him as well. The next day everyone was swimming. Mrs. Sidman was trying to tell ghost stories, but they were just not scary the least bit. The next day everything was wet an damp since it rained last night. But it was time to go home and prepare for Danny Hupfer's bar mitzvah. Meryl Lee, Holling and Danny sat together during the ceremony, but Holling's family was not at there. His father was there to pick him up. Holling apparently aggravated his father since he is a jerk and made him drive off in anger. Holling would just walk home. Holling went back inside and began to dance with Meryl lee. When Holling talked to mrs. Baker, he realized this year wasn't so bad after all and had a great time this year at Camillo Junior High.
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