Lucky Charm by Annie Bryant

Author:Annie Bryant
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Published: 2008-09-03T16:00:00+00:00

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Avery glanced over at the BSG table. Maeve motioned for her to come, but Avery mouthed, In a minute. She really didn’t want to leave just yet, but she didn’t want to offend the BSG either. After all, she was on shaky ground these days with Charlotte. Even though she’d gone along with Charlotte to the vacant lot this morning, Char was still acting distant. Avery missed the sensitive, kind Charlotte she used to know. It was as if the loss of Marty had turned her into another person.

“Come on, Pellegrino, Flores is way better than Jeter,” Peter argued.

“Well, you might like a streaky hitter, but Jeter has batted over three hundred all year, and he’s the best clutch hitter in baseball,” Danny replied.

“What!” exclaimed Avery. “No way…Big Papi is hands down better in the clutch.”

Avery liked talking sports with her guy friends. The other BSG just weren’t into the Sox the way she was. And right now it took her mind off other things.

Avery listened intently as Dillon read a brief article about the Sox pitching staff. When he laid down the paper, Avery leaned in close to get a better look at the box score, but got distracted by something she saw in a photograph of the Sox dugout. She blinked. What was that in the dugout? She grabbed the paper and ran off.

“Where’s Ave going in such a hurry?” Isabel asked Maeve.

“Probably went to call the reporter to complain about the sports coverage,” laughed Maeve.

“I wasn’t finished reading that!” Dillon shouted after her.

“I’ll bring it back,” Avery called over her shoulder.

Suddenly the bell rang, ending lunch period, and the girls raced to gather their things before the next bell rang. Somehow, Charlotte ran into Avery, who was racing back into the lunchroom carrying a magnifying glass. “Oh, Charlotte, you have to see this,” she said excitedly. Suddenly, Avery was pushed into Charlotte, who bumped into Anna and Joline, who tried to shove past them.

“Hey, watch it!” Avery shouted.

“Watch it yourself, shrimp,” Anna shot back.

“Hey, we know what you did,” Avery retorted.

Anna turned around. “What do you mean?”

“What do I mean?! Charlotte, Nick, and I didn’t think your little trick this morning was funny at all.”

“Trick? What trick?”

“The stuffed dog. The nasty note. Hellllllooooooo!” Avery said, pretending to knock on the side of Anna’s head. “Anyone home?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Anna winced, batting Avery’s hand away.

“Oh, please—so Dogstar means nothing to you.” Avery put her hands on her hips.

Joline and Anna looked at Avery like she was demented.

“Oh, so four hundred Weeble Street means nothing to you,” Charlotte said, stepping up to defend her friend. She might be annoyed with Avery, but having Anna and Joline dis Avery was a whole other thing.

“Where’s that?” Joline asked.

“Don’t play dumb with us. You know perfectly well that’s where you left that stuffed dog on the Dumpster…” Avery said.

“We don’t know what you’re talking about.” Joline looked genuinely confused.

Charlotte started to get nervous. Joline seemed sincere. What

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