Read the excerpt from "The Evacuation,"
Though it was hard to stand up to all those grown ups,
I knew I had to keep my promise to Mum. I kept telling
myself, "Pull yourself together, pull yourself together,"
so I wouldn't cry. Each time someone tried to separate
me from Edna, I geared up to yell and that scared them
off good and proper!
Which word best describes the mood of this excerpt?
courageous
shameful
confusion
joyous