Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. Dedication
  4. Part 1
  5. Earthquake Drill
  6. Speak
  7. Mom
  8. After School
  9. Dog Ears
  10. Main Street
  11. The Bakery
  12. Grandfather
  13. The Jewelry Shop
  14. The Medal
  15. Coughing
  16. The World Is Full
  17. Ecosystem
  18. Mrs. Hershkowitz
  19. Good Buddy
  20. Shake-up
  21. Just Another Earthquake
  22. The Delivery
  23. 1401
  24. The Door Opens
  25. Remembrance
  26. The Knife
  27. The Golem
  28. Giants
  29. Breakfast
  30. School Days
  31. Contagious
  32. The Library
  33. Pennants
  34. The Creature
  35. For Malia
  36. Voice
  37. Tic-tac-toe
  38. Part 2
  39. Shyness
  40. Getting Back
  41. Jordan
  42. Asking the Question
  43. Try to Speak
  44. Where Did My Words Go?
  45. Talent Show
  46. Paper Bag
  47. A Different Shabbat
  48. After Shabbat
  49. The Alarm
  50. Bareket
  51. The Delivery
  52. The Phone Rings
  53. Forest Road
  54. Pomegranates
  55. I Should Leave
  56. Trees Are Friends
  57. Wisdom
  58. Singing to the Trees
  59. The Magic Pool
  60. My Drawing
  61. Flyer
  62. Ripples in the Water
  63. The Face
  64. Sometimes You Don’t Need Words
  65. It’s Okay
  66. Broken Glass
  67. Pandesal
  68. Pumpkin
  69. Grown-up Talk
  70. Not Hungry
  71. The Journey
  72. Lola
  73. A Day of Awe
  74. Part 3
  75. Clay
  76. Changes
  77. Energy
  78. Confession
  79. The Clay That Heals
  80. NL West (Sunday, Oct. 1)
  81. Services
  82. Everyone’s Talking
  83. An Unexpected Companion
  84. Buddy in the Shop
  85. Dogs
  86. Down the Path
  87. Pumpkin Carving
  88. Smoothing It Over
  89. Allergies
  90. Waiting
  91. Trouble
  92. Tuesday
  93. Singing Practice
  94. The Argument
  95. Losing Control
  96. Until
  97. It Gets Worse
  98. Agreements
  99. Baseball Game
  100. Soft Pretzels
  101. Words Come Out
  102. Part 4
  103. Sunday Morning
  104. Sign-up Sheet
  105. Clay
  106. An Idea
  107. Mrs. Li
  108. Tremor
  109. She Gets Worse
  110. What the Trees Say
  111. Hope
  112. Baseball Mitt
  113. Services
  114. Tears and Snot and Everything
  115. When We Don’t Go
  116. Giants Win
  117. A “Half-Open Door”
  118. Hard Choices
  119. The Unexpected Thing
  120. Are We Golem?
  121. Like a Holiday
  122. Phone Call
  123. Skipping School
  124. Surprise Visit
  125. Down the Path
  126. The Jar
  127. Mixing
  128. The Change
  129. What’s Next
  130. Coughing
  131. Everything Is Made of Baseball
  132. Tickets
  133. Part 5
  134. Practice
  135. Sunlight
  136. Her Father
  137. Change
  138. The Plan
  139. The Difficult Choice
  140. The Meeting
  141. Handshake
  142. Game 1
  143. Baseball Talk
  144. Pre-Game 2
  145. Game 2
  146. Departing
  147. What Are We Made Of?
  148. October 16
  149. The Agbayanis
  150. The Truth
  151. The Day of Days
  152. 12:31: Arrival
  153. Nervous
  154. Granola Bars
  155. The Last Lunch
  156. Part 6
  157. The Community Center
  158. Right Before:
  159. 3:52
  160. 3:58
  161. 4:08
  162. 4:14
  163. 4:27
  164. 4:36
  165. 4:45
  166. 4:52
  167. Singing
  168. 4:58
  169. 5:01
  170. 5:03
  171. 5:04
  172. Fifteen Seconds
  173. 5:06
  174. 5:07
  175. 5:07
  176. 5:08
  177. 5:09
  178. 5:11
  179. 5:12
  180. 5:12
  181. 5:14
  182. 5:15
  183. 5:16
  184. The Gape
  185. 5:18
  186. 5:19
  187. 5 …
  188. Darkness
  189. Home
  190. Buddy
  191. Mrs. Hershkowitz
  192. The Things That Happen Next
  193. The Drive
  194. Return to Forest Road
  195. Mailbox
  196. Lola
  197. Getting Back
  198. Questions on the Drive
  199. Part 7
  200. Find Him
  201. Wake Up
  202. The Quake
  203. Sorry
  204. Surprise
  205. Our Building
  206. Mom
  207. Small Gifts
  208. Rebuilding
  209. A Gift and a Promise
  210. Back to the Forest Path
  211. The Song
  212. Concert
  213. Really Okay
  214. Unearthing
  215. Mix
  216. The Last of the Clay
  217. The Empty Jar
  218. Her Idea
  219. In the Kitchen
  220. Putting Things Back Together
  221. Back to School
  222. At Recess
  223. Synagogue
  224. World Series Returns
  225. Ancient Mysteries
  226. The Shop
  227. Shabbat
  228. Unexpected Guests
  229. Blessings
  230. Author’s Note
  231. About the Author
  232. Copyright