Team Play by Bonnie Bryant

Author:Bonnie Bryant [Bryant, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-82496-7
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2012-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

STEVIE LEANED BACK in Max’s eight-passenger van and sighed. It felt like the first time she had relaxed in almost three weeks. As she thought about the days that had just flown by, she was sure that was the case.

Since her terrible discovery of Veronica’s plot, Stevie and her friends had been working at nonstop, breakneck speed. So far, everything was looking good.

A lot of Stevie’s work had been done on the telephone. She’d had to talk to the hospital administrators, who were thrilled with her ideas. She’d also had to talk to Miss Fenton, who was less enthusiastic, and to Max, who was downright dubious. Finally, she’d had to talk to her opponent in the presidential race. He had given her his total cooperation. There were a few people she hadn’t talked to. For instance, she hadn’t talked to Kate and Christine and told them what parts she wanted them to play in her plans. And she hadn’t talked to the Italian boys. She wasn’t even sure if she would be able to talk to them, if they didn’t know any English.

The people she’d been talking to most of all had been Lisa and Carole. That first afternoon, in the tack room, she’d talked a lot and she hadn’t thought it was going to do any good.

“Don’t you see what Mrs. Reg is telling us?” she had asked.

“Us?” Carole had said.

“Yeah, us. The answer is in making everything happen at the same time,” she had said.

“It is happening at the same time,” Lisa had reminded her. “That’s the problem!”

“Right,” she had replied. “So, now what we have to do is to make it all happen at the same place.”

Seventy-three phone calls later, it had all been settled. The hospital had agreed to let the school use its grounds for the school’s Spring Fair, which was where the Hospital Festival would also take place, and where the candidates’ speeches would be delivered. All of this was going to happen with the help of the Saddle Club, including all of its out-of-town members and, with some luck, the Italian equestrian team.

Stevie sat up. “Uh, Max,” she began tentatively. “I have a little favor to ask you.”

He glanced at her quickly. “Well, Stevie, you can try, but right now I’m having a little touble keeping track of all the favors I’m already doing you.”

Stevie really hoped he was joking.

“It’s about Saturday,” she began. “See, the boys’ first demonstration is scheduled for late afternoon, but I’ve got something else right then that I have to do. Can Carole and Lisa be their hostess for that?” She wasn’t sure exactly how truthful to be. After all, if Max found out how many things she had going at once, he might decide that she shouldn’t take on the extra responsibility of the Italian boys. Veronica had taken the time to remind him every day that she’d be more than happy to pitch in.

“Does this have anything to do with Favor Number Two—my pony cart?” Max asked.

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