Beatrice the Good

Beatrice can jump five inches straight up. She launches from the fleece with perfect form—legs coiling, spine arching, that weightless moment at the peak—and when she lands, her whole chest fills with joy. Jump equals food. Perform equals safety. This is the equation that keeps her alive.Then the cage moves.Relocated from a quiet back corner to the center of a fifth-grade classroom, Beatrice and h...