Up North: Chapter 8
| February 27, 2024The glass has disappeared so cleanly, it looks like it was never there
Eli: This time, the strange thing that happened was there was no heat! It was so cold.
Nellie: I’m st-st-still shivering. It w-w-was aw-f-f-ful!
Squizzle: And when we confronted the custodian, he denied everything!
W
hen Eli wakes up on Monday, his first thought is oh, no. The heat is broken again. It’s so cold that his teeth are chattering, and he can feel the wind whipping his face. But it’s much worse than that.
There are shouts from downstairs, families calling to each other. “Pin the blanket here! Block this one!” Eli puts on his glasses and looks around.
The blackout shade in his room is blowing inward. Had someone opened the window? Even little Mordechai wouldn’t do something that ridiculous, not at the North Pole. Eli lifts the shade and gasps.
The window glass is gone. There’s just a big rectangular opening in the middle of the wall. The plastic frame of the window is still intact, but that’s all there is. The glass has disappeared so cleanly, it looks like it was never there.
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“A little extra work that’s terrorizing the welcome house!” Eli says hotly. Squizzle shrieks in agreement. “What’s Mr. Teichman going to say when he finds out?”
“There was a bear!” Ariella says, jumping up and down in front of Nellie. “A big, white one!”
“You think something’s wrong because… the pages of your book are turning?” Pinny says skeptically
The last place he’d expect to find a group of frum families is the north pole, but this place looks like his family’s last Chanukah party
“It’s us or Eli.” Squizzle falls silent. He might fight with Nellie, but he clearly likes Eli
