louse

The latter is transmitted by lice and produces alternating periods of fever and recovery.

She sees many children in her class who she thinks would probably be better off at home: “Kids with a lot of green and yellow mucus. We’ve had kids with active lice in school.”

Initially, we can’t wait for Iacono’s louse to get eaten but we come to treasure his comic relief, particularly when Xavier wanders off to relieve himself next to a nest of velociraptors.

One section demonstrates how it could be used to generate a letter about a head lice outbreak, for example.

They picked them up from school, held the flashlight while I checked for lice, assisted them with math homework and attended their school performances.