Dress Coded

This section covers Chapter 69: “When a Watch Becomes a Warning at the Perfect Moment to Save You from a Potential Fistfight with a Teacher”; Chapter 70: “Things Mom and I Do to Kill an Hour Because Dad is Home with Danny and We Need a Break”; Chapter 71: “How Do You Say ‘heartbreak’ in Spanish? (asking for a friend)”; Chapter 72: “How I Fell in Like with Navya”; and Chapter 73: “Out of Sorts is Another Term for ‘my Brother Has Always Been Mean to Me.’”

There is a tornado watch at school, and despite the hot weather, Fingertip is focused solely on dress coding students. Navya gets pulled out of Spanish class and cries in the bathroom, afraid of tornadoes and worried she will fail the class. Molly consoles her, and they go to the water fountain together, where Mr. Dern dress codes Navya again. Molly stands up for her, asserting Navya has already gotten a warning and cannot put on her sweatshirt because it is too hot. Mr. Dern asks for Molly’s name, but before he can do anything, the tornado watch turns into a warning, and everyone rushes to their classrooms to follow protocol.