Operation Frog Effect by Sarah Scheerger

Author:Sarah Scheerger
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00

Besos y abrazos,

Cecilia

KAYLEY

Dear Ms. Graham,

It’s Unfair to ask Blake Benson to do a project like this. It’s Unfair to our team and it’s unfair to him. I know I called him a DUMMY but I don’t really think he is. He’s smart about some things, like math and science and art and sports—anything without a lot of reading and writing, but more thinking and doing. We all know Blake gets pulled out of class for Resource Class, but maybe it’s not working.

What kind of education is Blake getting if all he’s doing is drawing and wasting class time? What if we change the topic from “Women’s Access to Education” and just think about “Access to Education”?

Ooh! I think I’m onto something here. My mother’s always got one Project or another. Now I have one, too—Blake Benson. Only this has to be a secret mission. If Blake knows that he’s my project, he’ll fight it. I doubt there’s extra credit for being nice, but I’m not sure if I care.

Update: I tried out my plan today. I asked Blake Benson to find video clips on “Access to Education.” And then I told him that when we get to the presentation part, he can design the art on our poster. Maybe reading and writing aren’t his thing, but drawing sure is. This way at least he’s doing something, instead of sitting around and laughing at every irritating thing Henry says.

Today he really worked for the first time. It was pretty cool, seeing him get into the project. He hardly made eye contact with me, though, probably because of the DUMMY thing. He’ll get over it. I guess it was nice of Blake not to tell on me. Of course, I didn’t tell on him either, but still.

EMILY

Status:

Dear Hope,

I’m feeling guilty already. I’m not naturally a sneaky kid. I’m the opposite. I can’t even sneak snacks into a movie theater.

But tonight I lied and told Mom I’d be spending Saturday night with Aviva. She doesn’t know we’re not friends anymore. I’m always trying to cheer Mom up, so I haven’t shared any of the school drama. I used to tell her every time someone at school so much as sneezed.

Speaking of sneezing, Aviva’s animals make the back of my throat itch something awful. When I told Mom I’d be at Aviva’s, she just said, “Great.” Then she told me to remember to bring my allergy meds. I grabbed my journal so I could document everything, and tried to ignore the guilt.

Love and luck (now I’ll really need luck so I don’t get caught!),

Emily

CECILIA

Hola Abuelita,

I’m not going to send you this letter. I don’t want to disappoint you—if you read this, you’d read it with shame! You know I never lie to Mami. I mean, sure, we argue sometimes. But…we do have trust between us. Today I’m breaking it.

I told Mami that I’m sleeping over at a friend’s house to work on a school project. This is a trick (and why I feel terrible)—because I know Mami would do anything for my education.

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