“All he knew was that they had to keep heading north or they’d starve soon. But after a long morning walking, all they wanted to do was sit, Luke included. It was the middle of the day. The sun was high in the sky. Luke stopped and plopped down, and the others followed. Nobody said anything. Caswell was about to go to sleep, and Luke was thinking. It was a warm day, and the sky was entirely blue. They were resting under the biggest oak tree they had ever seen. It was too hot to sit in the sun. D...aylily coughed roughly. Luke looked at her out of the corner of his eye. This was the third time he had heard her cough, he thought. He thought he had noticed it yesterday. Luke looked up to the leaves high above them where the sunlight was blinding. It seemed to slide off the leaves of the poplar trees next to Luke and then onto the ground. Luke saw two or three red berries in the brown layers of leaves close to his hand. He checked to see if it was something they could eat, but he didn’t recognize the berries.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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