Lanie's Real Adventures by Jane Kurtz

Author:Jane Kurtz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUVENILE FICTION
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“Lanie! Hello there, Lanie?”

Aunt Hannah nudged me. “Your neighbor is calling you. You’d better go see what she wants.”

Startled, I looked up. Standing by her rosebushes, Ms. Marshall waved and beckoned me over.

The rain had given the roses a growth spurt, too. Their glossy leaves shone bright green in the sunlight, and the flower buds had opened into perfect roses of pearly white and soft shades of peach and pink. A delicate scent perfumed the air. It smelled sort of like my favorite shampoo, and I was about to ask my neighbor if she used the same kind I did, when I realized that it was the roses I was smelling.

“Nice morning, isn’t it,” she said pleasantly.

I nodded, wary.

“The roses have started blooming. I thought you might like to see them.” She hesitated. “I know you like gardens.”

I nodded again. Say something. “I see them. They’re—they’re awesome.” I didn’t want to admit it, but I had to be honest about it.

She smiled, and it was a real smile, not a stiff one. But the smile faded as she reached for a leaf—not a glossy, diamond-shaped leaf but a dull, raggedy, curled-up leaf. “Oh no.” She turned the leaf over and uncurled it to reveal a cluster of tiny gray-green bumps.

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