The Bathwater Gang by Jerry Spinelli

Author:Jerry Spinelli [SPINELLI, JERRY]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2014-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

Monday morning at ten o’clock, two girls showed up.

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“Only two?” squealed Bertie.

The two who had shown up were Amy Moss and Liz Caputo.

The three of them looked up and down the streets.

They waited until ten-thirty.

They waited until eleven o’clock.

Nobody else showed up, except Granny. “Well,” she said, “it looks as if the others were more interested in pizza than in gangs.”

“It’s not fair,” grumped Bertie. “They should pay me back for the pizza.”

“Look at it this way,” said Granny, putting her arms around Amy and Liz. “It’s better to have two you can count on than fifty-nine you can’t count on.”

“I know,” Bertie agreed. “But I thought I could count on Damaris. I want her to join, too.”

“I’ll tell you what,” said Granny. “I’ll trade you some advice for a ride on your skateboard.”

“Skateboard? Granny, you’re too—”

Granny’s finger pressed Bertie’s lips. “Ah-ah. Don’t say it.”

“Sorry, Granny,” said Bertie. “You can use the skateboard. What’s the advice?”

“Okay,” said Granny. “Now, the key here is to impress Damaris’s mother, right?”

“Right.”

“She thinks gangs are bad, right?”

“Right.”

“So you want to show her your gang is good, right?”

“Right.”

“So—” Granny stepped onto the skateboard. She rolled a few feet. “Hey, this is easy!”

“Gran-neee,” said Bertie. “So what do we do?”

“Write a platform,” said Granny.

“A platform? What’s that?”

“It’s a list of things you believe in. The things your gang stands for.”

Granny pushed off on the skateboard. “Show it to Mrs. Pickwellllllllll…” she called as she sailed down the sidewalk.

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