A Daughter's Defense: They Were Heroes

ra got suspended. When she came back, the seati

college applications hung over the senior class. I got in

f her punch, and the raw agony in her voice, was a constant, low-grade hum of guilt in the back

least, I was no longer close enough to hear them. She just dr

g in April, the

fire, first in whispers, then in shouts. It wa

nt, Elara Vance, Awarded Prestigious

ide. All expens