Josh tried to focus as much as he could on the fundraiser. It kept his mind occupied with something positive, and while it didn’t stop him worrying about Mum and Nate, it did push the anxiety into the background. Not just the Grade 6 class was involved. The whole school got behind the fundraising projects. But Marceline seemed determined to turn it into a competition and to come out the winner. Josh and his friends worked hard. They drew posters. They created a flyer, which the school photocopied so they could hand it out to people. Marceline did that too. Her posters were larger and more colourful. Her flyers were professionally designed because her dad was a graphic artist. Josh got one of the kids in the class to make a page to put on the school’s website. Marceline got her dad to register a domain name and create a whole website. Marceline set the date of the market for Friday in two weeks. Ratchet suggested having the screening on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of next week – a week prior to the market.
