Mandy the Outsider by Norma Jean Lutz

Author:Norma Jean Lutz [LUTZ, NORMA JEAN]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-62836-220-6
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2004-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

After the pageant, there was yet one more week before Christmas vacation. Mandy could hardly wait. What a welcome break to be away from Queen Anne School from Christmas until after New Year’s Day.

The fourth-grade room was festooned with loops and loops of red and green paper chains. Cardboard stars wrapped in tin foil dangled from the ceiling.

Christmas was supposed to be a time of peace and goodwill, but the Golden Ring didn’t seem to know that. They continued to heap sarcasm and harassment upon poor Helga. Finally it happened. Mandy had had all she could stomach.

They’d just come into the locker rooms from a rough game of kickball where everyone in fourth grade seemed to make the ball hit Helga.

“Hey, tottery, doddery Gottman,” Jane Stevens called out. “Step up here on the bench and show us how you took a flying leap at the Christmas pageant.”

“Yeah,” echoed Renee. “Show us. We want to see you do it again.”

“And get Mandy Einstein to join her,” Elizabeth said. “The two of them make a great team.”

Mandy was sitting on the bench tying her shoes. Suddenly she stood up. “Oh, why don’t you all just stop it? Don’t you ever get tired of hurting people?”

You could have heard a pin drop. Every girl in the fourth grade was staring at her like she’d lost her mind. Then Elizabeth began to snicker. Another girl laughed out loud. Pretty soon everyone was laughing at her. Mandy sat back down and finished tying her shoes, but she felt like her face and ears were on fire.

Just then, clumsy Helga came limping by her on her way out the door. She leaned down and in her thick voice said, “Who asked for your help, little Miss Goody-Two-Shoes? I don’t need you!”

Mandy stared at the girl as she made her step-roll way out the door of the locker room.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.