When I’d texted Beatrice that morning, she’d come right over and interviewed me as I brushed my teeth. This was a huge find, and she wanted it on the early show. . . . Shamila had done a blast email to the historical society newsletter, and somehow, Nicole had even gotten a blip about the story onto Channel One so that everyone in the school saw it in homeroom. I was more famous than I’d ever wanted to be, and while I was actually happy that the people buried in the cemetery were going to be remembered, I just wished I’d been able to stay out of the story.
Mr. Meade had paged me because a reporter from Good Morning America had contacted him through the school and wanted to interview me during seventh period. She was flying down from New York as we spoke, and Mr. Meade knew that I would sa
