The rising action of this book is when Mrs. Starch and her 8th grade biology class go on a fieldtrip to The Black Vine Swamp. While they were on the fieldtrip a fire began and the students had to be evacuated, but Libby (one of Mrs. Starch’s student) lost her Asthma inhaler in the swamp so Mrs. Starch had to go back into the swamp to find Libby’s inhaler and she never came back. The next day Libby’s inhaler showed up in her front porch. Many people suspect that Duane started the fire to get back at Mrs. Starch for having him write an essay on pimples.
