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The other kids started screa so hard she couldn’t breathe Small feet stampeded toward the cafeteria door

I just sat, surrounded by abandoned lunches, staring at the cup of Jell-O and letting terror crawl through s felt like they would be frozen to the table forever If the school’s security officer hadn’t co I would’ve stayed there

Grace is dead, I was thinking Grace is dead? Grace is dead

And it got worse

Awaves of deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a five-step list of symptoms to help parents identify whether their kid was at risk for IAAN By then half my class was dead

My mom hid the list so well that I only found it by accident, when I climbed on top of the kitchen counter to look for the chocolate she kept hidden behind her baking supplies

HOW TO IDENTIFY IF YOUR CHILD IS AT RISK, the flyer read I recognized the flae shade of the paper: it was the sheet Mrs Port had sent ho students days before She had folded it twice and fastened it with three staples to prevent our reading it TO THE PARENTS OF RUBY ONLY ritten on the outside and underlined three tiroundedit

Luckily for me, it was already open

Your child suddenly becomes sullen and withdrawn, and/or loses interest in activities they previously enjoyed

S/he begins to have abnor or suddenly beco track of ti him/herself or others

S/he experiences hallucinations, vo spells

S/he becomes prone to violent outbursts, unusually reckless behavior, or self-injury (burns, bruising, and cuts that cannot be explained)

S/he develops behaviors or abilities that are inexplicable, dangerous, or cause you or others physical harm