![]() ![]() ![]() until she’s told she might have to give up Butter forever. This will be submitted the first Monday of school. You are to print out the head outline TWICE and do ONE per character for TWO heads total. Everything is better with Butter by her side, and Marvel starts to imagine a life in which she doesn’t have to be so afraid. Summer Reading Book: The Spirit of Cattail County by Victoria Piontek Assignment: It’s time to get inside your character’s head You are to choose two characters and create a head space for each one. Soon, the two are inseparable, and Butter thrives under Marvel's support. ![]() Marvel knows exactly how Butter feels and precisely what Butter needs-her. When Butter feels panic, she freezes up and falls over. She needs to be prepared.īut when Marvel stumbles on a group of older kids teasing a baby goat that has mysteriously shown up on the soccer field, she momentarily forgets to be afraid and rescues the frightened animal. Her parents and the school therapist call her worries an anxiety disorder, but Marvel calls them armor. She also obsesses about smaller worries like making friends, getting called on by the teacher, and walking home alone. Twelve-year-old Marvel is afraid of absolutely everything - amusement park rides, food poisoning, earthquakes, and that big island of plastic floating through the ocean. Victoria Piontek is the author of The Spirit of Cattail County, a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year and a Sequoyah Children’s Masterlist selection. A girl with anxiety disorder finds an unlikely friend - and emotional support animal - in the form of an adorable fainting goat. ![]()
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