He’s the only person who actually notices that there are bees living in her hair. Birch is a bird-watcher, the son of naturalists, and a solid, straightforward kind of kid, who sees and faces things head-on - luckily for Zinnia. Which naturally arouses the curiosity of visiting, plaid-wearing Birch, nephew of her next-door neighbor. So, Zinnia does the only thing she can think of - puts on a sweatshirt and covers her hair with a hood. And nothing she does gets them to move out. Yes, the bees find a new home in Zinnia’s abundant, wildly curly locks. Little does Zinnia know that there is an industrial rental hive of escaped honeybees looking for a new home in order to live as free bees and pollinators as nature meant them to be. Seeking comfort, Zinnia buys herself a cone of her favorite ice-cream, which melts, falls out of the cone onto a table, and gets in her hair when she puts her head down for a good cry. Her rather cold dentist/community activist mom doesn’t seem to care, replacing Adam with a sickly little dog. At home, she discovers that, Adam, 18, her beloved brother, a talented magician and sometimes prankster-in-crime has left home, leaving no note or explanation. First, she must spend the day sitting in the principal's office for yarn-bombing the school mascot. The last day of seventh grade couldn’t be worse for Zinnia Flossdrop.
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