Last-But-Not-Least Lola Going Green by Christine Pakkala

Author:Christine Pakkala
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Published: 2013-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

“Let me help you!” I smack my purple notebook down and run to help Gwendolyn.

“Thanks, Lila,” she says. That Gwendolyn always gets my name wrong. But I’ll remind her that I’m L-O-L-A later on, after she votes.

“Me too, Gwendolyn,” Amanda says and dives to the floor. We both grab Gwendolyn’s Writer’s Workshop notebook.

“Gimme that,” I say. I try to pry off Amanda’s pinky finger. Then I remember that I better not bend back her fingers or Miss Cry Baby will tattle on me AGAIN. “Here you go, Gwendolyn,” I say as sweet as a packet of sugar. I hand over her books.

You can guess what that copycat Amanda does.

“You’re just in time,” Mrs. D. says to Gwendolyn. “We just voted for the Going Green project. Write down your vote on a piece paper.”

“And it could be a tie AGAIN!” Harvey Baxter yells.

“Then hers will be the swing vote,” Jamal says.

Harvey Baxter says, “What’s a swing vote?”

“It’s the vote that swings the election one way,” Jamal points to Amanda, who smiles. Jamal points to me. “Or another; if nine votes are for Amanda and nine votes are for Lola, then Gwendolyn’s vote will make one of them win.”

“I bet she came in late to be a swinger,” Sam says.

“Hand, Sam,” Mrs. D. says. She takes Gwendolyn’s ballot. She counts.

My stomach feels like a compost machine.

“I have a winner,” Mrs. D. says quietly.

The class sucks in its breath.

“The winner is Lola’s compost idea.”

Amanda bursts into tears and runs from the room.

I feel terrible. Seventy-five percent terrible and twenty-five percent not so bad.

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