CHAPTER 1 THERE IS A LIMO IN FRONT OF MY BUILDING! I could NOT believe it. There was a limo driving up our street ..
Rule Number Four TEN DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL let out, Mama announced that summer was canceled. She didn’t ..
A New Wild and Precious Day After sleeping for fourteen hours, Abby woke to the smell of French toast, ..
1 They say the day the Governor arrived, the ravens did too. All the smaller birds flew backward into ..
I remember ages ago reading about how some animals, if caught in a trap, will gnaw off the captured limb ..
I settle onto the couch with the chocolate pudding I saved from Friday’s school lunch. This silence ..
Six stencils in and it’s gone. Okay, the tag vanished by Number Two, but I have a point to prove. ..
1 Declaration of Independence! My name is Brianna Justice, and I want to be president of the whole fifth ..
His dad’s lessons echo in his head. If an officer is asking you a bunch of questions- questions about ..
When I first moved here, I tried to tell him about our family and tried to teach him how to draw, but he doesn’t ..
It was the best of Bugz, it was the worst of Bugz. She created life, she destroyed worlds. She appeared ..
“Professor Ueno speaks these words to his faithful dog before boarding the train to work every ..
Today my family is leaving for a road trip.”Can Gia come too?”I ask. My mom shakes her head. ..
IT’S SIMON BARNES HERE. BUT EVERY– body calls me the Notorious D.O.G., because I might be little ..
IT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. ACTUALLY, IT WAS THE nineteenth day of school, but it was my first day, ..
Zoey stared at the rows and rows of makeup in front of her. Glittery lip glosses to her left. At least ..
This is a story about Susan. Draped permanently on the back of Susan’s chair is a sweater embroidered ..
When Ben-o came over on Saturday for movie night, my dad answered the door wearing gray silk pajama bottoms ..
“Double Dutch is not just about jumping rope. It’s also about respecting the sport, fellow ..
Everybody in gym class is talking. We’re like a chicken house with thirty biddies going cheep-cheep-cheep ..
Sitting on my stoop when I was five, not like Timmy or Johnny, or even Mark. Though I wanted a name like ..
SOMETIMES PARENTS ARE creative when they punish you. Maybe making you squeeze into the same shirt as the little ..
Chapter 2 Triangle Friends We have a break right after second period, and it’s the first time of the day when ..
How does your garden grow? Book-loving Lola is inspired by a collection of garden poems that she reads ..
