The Particle

<p>Saffron's life goes on as usual. She listens to her teachers and sometimes her mother. Mostly she works at Robi's flying saucer drive-in and hopes Clair Villeneuve will return.</p><p>On a particular Sunday afternoon Saffron accompanies her mother to Bonaventura high school bringing rotisserie chickens for the sisters' luncheon. Saffron notices a peculiar monk-like figure entering the basement of the school and she follows him.</p><p>The creature has brought with him an ancient relic. He leaves it with Sister Maris Stella but the old nun cannot hide it for long in the library. Hearing a conversation brings Saffron into a forgotten secret just as she is escaping school for the summer.</p>