Astrid only shrugged again. "If I did," she said, "I didn't hear anything about it. I'm pretty sure they do a whole 'aternative school,' no report cards thing."

If they did, it had gone straight into a file and straight to her case worker, who hadn't said anything about it. But she wasn't about to say that to Mae, even if she felt Mae being in therapy would reduce the chances of her thinking a case worker was weird.

Then again, why was she even thinking about what a girl with a cat's face would think was weird?