Chapter 7
The Fox and the Box
Penny and Zoe rounded off their day with an exploration of the school grounds, lunch at the little restaurant next to Sullivan’s, and a walk along the Chehalis River. Zoe kept stopping to pluck interesting rocks at the water’s edge.
Later, they walked to Zoe’s house, where her grandmother had fallen asleep on the couch watching her favorite afternoon soap operas. They tiptoed through the small house to Zoe’s room, where she showed off her rock collection and a full shelf of books, all of which she had read at least once.
“We used to move a lot,” she said. “I never got a chance to make many friends, so I read.”
Her reading tastes ranged from Nancy Drew, to Harry Potter, to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Most were fantasy, everything from Lord of the Rings to Dis
