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Chapter 1

“Brrr,” Kayla said. “I hate this time of

year.”

Neither girl looked up. Their eyes were

glued to their screens. Many students did
the same. Nobody ever seemed to wipe out.

“Me too,” Ashley said, sighing. “It’s

cold. Worse, it’s test season. I’ve got ’em

in every class. Calculus. AP Chemistry. AP

English …” Her voice trailed off. She didn’t
want to think about it. It was too much.

“Well,” Kayla started. “I’ve got tests in

math, chemistry, and English too. Oh yeah,

I am also in The Crucible. It’s running for

two weeks.”
The Crucible was the biggest play of

the season. It was about the Salem witch

trials. The trials took place in the late 1600s.

Arthur Miller had written it in the 1950s.

Kayla was one of the leads. She always

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