The Best of Iggy

Iggy finds himself apologizing profusely to the school secretary. He’s in the office with the school secretary because the principal is now teaching Ms. Schulberger’s class after she had to go home. Iggy feels terrible because he accidentally hit and injured her knee during the desk race. In the midst of this chaos, Iggy’s classmates Arden and Cecily fetched the principal, and three firefighters arrived with first aid kits and even a stretcher. When they ask how this happened, Lainey, the nicest girl in the class, pointed at Iggy and said he did it. Iggy apologized and was sent to the office along with Arch, Owen, and Skyler. Like Iggy, Arch and Owen were also crying, but Skyler seemed unaffected. Walking to the office, Iggy felt deeply embarrassed about crying. The illustration on Page 65 shows a hand pointing accusingly at Iggy while he raises his hands in distress.

This chapter consists only of two sentences: “I don’t want to talk about it. All I’m going to say is this: It took a year” (66). This implies that it took a year for Iggy’s parents to get over the incident.