Bullyville
“I was probably too young for the book. I remember it gave me nightmares, which merged into an old nightmare that I’d had for as long as I could remember. In that dream, I was being kidnapped or killed. Mom and Dad were right there, but somehow they couldn’t hear me, they couldn’t save me, they couldn’t help me in any way.
When I thought about going to Baileywell, all I could think about was that dream. I told myself it was just a dream, but I couldn’t stop feeling that it was about to come true....
A few days before I was scheduled to start school, Dr. Bratton invited Mom and me to take a tour. I guess he wanted us to know what a valuable, precious prize we were getting, absolutely free of charge.
Mom dressed up as if she were going to work—or to a job interview. We drove up to the school on a winding road that snaked through a forest of red and orange maples. Even the trees seemed brighter and bigger and healthier than the trees down below. When we actually pulled up inside that insane fortress, the contrast between all the glorious brightness and the bleak, gray stone was so drastic and dramatic that all we could do was shrug and look at each other.MoreLess
When I thought about going to Baileywell, all I could think about was that dream. I told myself it was just a dream, but I couldn’t stop feeling that it was about to come true....
A few days before I was scheduled to start school, Dr. Bratton invited Mom and me to take a tour. I guess he wanted us to know what a valuable, precious prize we were getting, absolutely free of charge.
Mom dressed up as if she were going to work—or to a job interview. We drove up to the school on a winding road that snaked through a forest of red and orange maples. Even the trees seemed brighter and bigger and healthier than the trees down below. When we actually pulled up inside that insane fortress, the contrast between all the glorious brightness and the bleak, gray stone was so drastic and dramatic that all we could do was shrug and look at each other.MoreLess
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