The Marchuk Family Moves to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Last Box

The house was empty and it made a sound it had never made before.

Naomi stood in the doorway of a room that used to be hers. There was a square on the wall where a poster had been, and a square on the floor where the bed had been, and now there was only the shape of everything.

Bella sat in the last open box and would not get out. "That box is for dishes," Katrin said.

Bella did not care about dishes.