Respect Your Ghosts by John Bemelmans Marciano

Author:John Bemelmans Marciano
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2017-03-07T13:36:24+00:00

“Well, we’ve got to figure out something!” Bis-Bis says.

“Hmm,” Sergio says, trying to think.

“Hmm,” Bis-Bis says, also trying to think.

The two of them sit there a long time, both trying to think really hard, with nothing happening.

Then Sergio has an idea. “Emilio got the Janara to stop bothering them by doing something nice. Maybe that works with parents, too.”

“But you do things for your mother all day!” Bis-Bis says.

“Yeah, but something nice,” Sergio says. “Something she doesn’t expect.”

“Well, what does she really want?”

“Hmm,” Sergio says, trying to think.

“Hmm,” Bis-Bis says, also trying to think.

Again, this takes a long time.

“I’ve got it!” Sergio blurts out. “She wants to go to the Carrozzos’. To see her cousin!”

“No!” Bis-Bis says. “Absolutely not! Anything but that!”

Remember that another other story? Well, here it is.

The reason Sergio’s mom doesn’t hate the Carrozzos is that her cousin—and best friend—is a Carrozzo. The problem is that the two of them aren’t allowed to visit each other, because of the family ghosts.

Once Sergio’s mom married into his dad’s family and her cousin married into Mozzo’s, they had to respect their ghosts, who won’t let each other’s relatives into their homes.

Bis-Bis and the ghost of the Carrozzos hate each other. Once upon a time they were best friends and cousins, but at some point they got into an argument that turned into a vendetta. This vendetta lasted even after the earthquake that killed them both, a hundred and whatever many years ago.

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