Cilla Lee-Jenkins--This Book Is a Classic by Susan Tan

Author:Susan Tan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

“What would you like to eat?” Ye Ye asked as he helped us to buckle into our seats. “I saw a lot of restaurants on our way here—there’s sushi, and a pizza restaurant, and something called Burger Planet.”

Alien-Face and I both gasped.

“Burger Planet!” we said.

“Wah!” Ye Ye said. “So excited! What’s Burger Planet?”

“It’s the best place EVER,” I said. “It has burgers with a secret special sauce that they only make there, and French fries and chocolate milk shakes, and a playground inside, though that’s for little kids. But Mom NEVER lets me go.”

“Mine neither,” Alien-Face said. “Which is ridiculous, because the commercials always say that everyone can find something to love at Burger Planet. So my parents would definitely like it too.”

“Exactly!” I said. “Everyone loves Burger Planet. Please, Ye Ye?” I asked, clasping my hands together under my chin and giving him my biggest smile.

“Yes, please, Ye Ye?” Alien-Face also gave him his biggest smile and put his hands under his chin, just like I did.

Ye Ye laughed. “Okay, but only if it isn’t too far. I’ll call your dad for directions.”

Alien-Face and I clapped our hands and cheered.

Ye Ye called, and I heard “Burger Planet-ah.” And even though Alien-Face had thought “Ye Ye” was a neat name, I hoped that he wasn’t paying attention, in case he thought Chinese sounded funny. (Not paying attention is a BIG Theme with Alien-Face, because he gets distracted A LOT, especially during math.) But apparently that only applies to school. “Burger Planet-ah?” he asked. “Why does he say it like that?”

“That’s just what you do in Chinese,” I said quietly. “You add ‘ah’ to the end of English words.”

“Huh,” he said. “So what game should we play in the car?”

And I smiled. Because car games are always excellent.

By the time Ye Ye got the directions, Alien-Face and I were still trying to come up with a new game. So Ye Ye dared us to chant “Burger Planet” and not stop until we got there.

“No!” Alien-Face said suddenly. “We should chant Burger Planet-ah!”

“YES,” I said.

And we did.

Though by the time we got there, I think Ye Ye wished he’d picked a different dare.

* * *

Burger Planet has brightly colored booths, and you order at a long counter. I wasn’t going to order the special kids’ Out of This World Box (which has food plus a toy inside). I didn’t want Alien-Face to laugh at me, since we’re going to be fourth graders soon and too big for special kids’ meals. So I tried to ignore the big display of all the toys they have.

Until I saw Alien-Face also looking at them out of the corner of his eye.

“I’ll get an Out of This World Box if you will,” I said.

“YES,” he said.

Then Ye Ye said we could also get chocolate milk shakes, and it was pretty much the best thing ever.

Ye Ye carried all our food over on a tray to one of the booths and made sure we had everything we needed.

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