Chapter 24 — Summer

A serial novel in the form of correspondence among a family while the world as we know it collapses around us. I recommend you start at the Introduction:

https://medium.com/climate-for-change/climate-for-change-introduction-5331d5ab9313

But you can start anywhere you want.

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Chapter 24 — Summer

Handwritten or printed on computer paper (delivered back and forth by Charlie):

Dear Mom, Mel, Grandma, and Grandpa,

Summer is finally here. No more mud, no more cold. We have the windows open in the cabin most days, and it doesn’t smell so bad anymore because they have been letting us bathe in the lake. It has been weird to see all of us in our underwear when we go swimming. We are all so skinny! I wouldn’t say we have fun swimming, but I have seen some smiles. Even though it is warm out, the water is still very cold! The best way to get used to it is to jump off the dock. We start at the beginning and then get a big running start. Then we scream and make a big splash. You have to scream, partly from the cold of the water, and mostly because it is a good release. The camp has dozens of old car tire inner tubes that they have inflated to be flotation devices. We climb into the tubes and float around, splashing each other and enjoying the cool water. We can almost forget we are in prison, except there is a guard tower on either side of the beach with soldiers with machine guns.