Clementine Rose and the Wedding Wobbles by Jacqueline Harvey

Author:Jacqueline Harvey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Published: 2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00

Clementine raced into her classroom, where Mr Smee was writing up the day’s timetable on the whiteboard.

‘Good morning,’ he said with a smile. ‘Well done on your performance in Basil’s documentary. I thought you were terrific.’

Clementine grinned. She saw Poppy and Tilda whispering and went over to see what they were talking about.

‘Hello,’ Clementine said.

Poppy and Tilda stopped their whispering and looked at her. ‘Hi,’ the pair giggled.

Clementine’s tummy twisted. The girls didn’t usually talk behind her back, but now it seemed as though they had a secret. She hoped it wasn’t something bad.

Joshua Tribble ran past and poked his tongue out at Clementine. ‘Hey flower-girl-movie-star,’ he said as he slid onto the carpet in front of Mr Smee’s chair.

The teacher gave the lad a warning look before addressing the class. ‘Good morning, Year One,’ he said, and was greeted with a cheerful reply almost in unison. ‘I hope you all had a great weekend. It was wonderful to see so many of you at Penberthy Floss on Saturday night. I think we should give the star of the show, our very own Clementine Rose Appleby, a huge round of applause for her amazing performance in Mr Hobbs’s film.’

The children clapped loudly. Clementine’s cheeks went bright red.

‘You were really good,’ Angus whispered to her.

Clementine could feel herself getting hotter. ‘Thanks,’ she mumbled.

‘It wasn’t even a proper movie,’ Saskia Baker sneered from the third row. ‘It was just on television.’

‘Saskia, I’m not enjoying that tone at all.’ Mr Smee glared at the girl, who quickly shrank back among the other children. She’d come a long way since the Grandparents’ Day Concert but was still prone to vicious outbursts.

Mr Smee started calling the names on the roll, with Clementine first as always. But he kept stopping to look at his watch as if he were waiting for something. The children were getting restless. They usually had the roll marked in less than a minute and were on to their reading groups.

Clementine was wondering why Tilda and Poppy were still giggling as Mr Smee read out Sophie Rousseau’s name. She was about to remind the teacher that Sophie was still in Paris when a small voice answered. Clementine quickly turned around and saw Sophie and her mother, Odette, standing in the doorway.

Poppy and Tilda giggled, ‘Surprise!’

Clementine leapt to her feet and ran over to her best friend. The two girls hugged and hugged until everyone else in the room faded away. Then they pulled apart and grinned at one another.

‘I can’t believe you’re back,’ Clementine said.

Odette’s eyes sparkled. ‘We could not miss the wedding,’ she said.

Clementine launched herself at the woman’s middle, giving her a huge hug as well. ‘Are you staying?’ she asked hopefully.

Sophie nodded. ‘Grand-père is much better. He and Madame Joubert are spending lots of time together. She’s even been helping him in the shop when she’s not putting on little puppet shows in the square.’

‘But what about Saskia?’ Clementine whispered.

‘The Bakers are leaving at the end of the week,’ Odette said quietly.

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