Sleep
- August can't sleep that night after the terrifying encounter in the woods, which he counts as one of the worst days of his life.
- Even though everything looks the same on the surface, everything is somehow different—August feels a change in everyone's attitudes about him.
- The teachers find out what happened despite the kids' delusions that they could keep the whole thing hush-hush. (Pro tip: Teachers are really good at finding stuff out. It's kind of their job.)
- When Mr. Tushman asks if he can describe the kid, August says he can't remember.
- But he can. He keeps having vivid flashbacks of the faces and the expressions of the kids in the woods.