Serena Says by Tanita S. Davis

Author:Tanita S. Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Published: 2020-10-05T00:00:00+00:00

SERENA|SAYS

Good Eeeeeevening, Vorrrld! It’s Halloweeeeeen!

[scary, maniacal laughter]

Okay, that was bad.

What’s up, World? It IS Halloween, and this is Serena Says . . . Storytime!

Welcome back to my vlog! Today’s Halloween—and it’s been weird. First, I couldn’t figure out what to wear. I was just going to skip it, but yesterday someone asked Mr. Van what he was wearing, and he said he was getting out his “This Is My Costume” shirt, and, okay, NO. I knew I couldn’t be that lame. So last night, I was digging through the hall closet when I saw Mom’s old red Christmas hat with the white pom-pom on it. I asked her if I could take off the pom-pom, and then I wore it, plus my big red fleece hoodie and Fallon’s red sweats. I even wore red sneakers. And I was Peter from The Snowy Day! I loved that book when I was little!

Which is a good thing, since I had to carry it around all day because almost no one knew who I was supposed to be.

I HATE IT when that happens.

You know who the only person was who got my costume—I mean, besides Ms. Pettinelli, our school librarian? Leilani. I KNOW, right? She said it was her favorite book when she was little, too, because she’d never seen snow, and she wanted to really, really badly. She begged her parents for a red snowsuit, even though they lived in Pensacola. Cute, huh?

I KNOW.

It’s weird for me to think of her as . . . a little kid, someone adorable and funny, and not someone super perfect and annoying. Honestly, I know what I said about first impressions, but I kind of hate having to change how I think about anyone.

Take Mrs. Vejar. At the beginning of the year, everyone thought she was SO MEAN. She gives a test Every. Single. Wednesday. And she actually has a copy of the dress code on her bulletin board, and she CHECKS IT. I mean, seriously? But then she started to do something called Top-Up Thursdays, where we do kind of a class project and get participation points to help raise our scores if we forgot to study or don’t do so well on the Wednesday test. It’s actually saved my bacon a couple of times now. So even though I didn’t want to, I kind of really like her now. She’s nicer than she seemed at first.

For today’s Top-Up Thursday, Mrs. Vejar moved two desks up to the front of the room, facing the class. Then she wrote, “Behind the mask, you are . . .” and then had two people come up and sit with their backs to the whiteboards. Everyone else had to go up and write a complimentary statement about them on the board behind them. After everyone got through, each person stood up, and she took their picture in front of all of their words. She said it would help us each remember that we are more than who we think we are.

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