Flying Solo

Flying Solo is a young adult novel written by Ralph Fletcher, first published in 1998.
Plot summary.
Mr. Fabiano is a sixth-grade teacher that calls in sick on April 28th. When his class arrives, they find that their substitute teacher is missing. The class decides that they will not report this to the principal and will run the classroom by themselves. The students follow the instructions left by their teacher. All goes well until the end of the day, when a fight breaks out between two classmates and Mr. Fabiano is called upon to join in a school assembly. 
Themes.
Some of topics in the novel include selective mutism, death, and grief.
Outside websites.
Flying Solo is a young adult novel written by Ralph Fletcher, first published in 1998.