The Magical Reality of Nadia by Bassem Youssef

Author:Bassem Youssef
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

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“What do you think?” Vikram said five hours later. “Is it worthy of a singing robot astronaut?” He slipped the astronaut helmet he’d made out of tinfoil and cardboard over his head. Then he did a little jig as he sang his song about Kalpana Chawla.

Adam laughed. “You could be one of Nadia’s bobbleheads in that thing!”

The last several hours had been great messy fun all around. Titi had shown back up but had been remarkably well behaved, just watching from the notebook cover (this time in a more relaxed position); Jason’s group minded their own business; the pizza lunch was delicious; and Adam was in a much better mood—he’d even downloaded music for each of their parts and started working on a PowerPoint that would project images behind them as they presented.

“Your astronaut helmet is impressive,” Nadia said to Vikram, “but check this out!” She turned her back to her friends and put on her own costume—a doctor’s lab coat made from an extra-large men’s dress shirt and a stethoscope made from a balloon, a plastic cap, some tubing, and some wire. Then she grabbed her poster. It had an infographic about Dr. El-Sadr’s research on it … and about four jars’ worth of glitter. “Presenting …” She flipped around to her friends and held the sign up. “Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr!”

“Wow—you look GREAT!” Sarah said. “I don’t want to jinx it, but I think we could maybe win based on our costumes alone!”

Satisfied with their progress, the Nerd Patrol left their things on the table—they were going to come back Monday afternoon to put on the final touches—and headed outside.

“Nerd-Pa-trol. Ro-bots-for-the-win,” Vikram said in a robot voice as they made their way down the stairs. “We’re gonna rock this.”

“Yeah we are!” Nadia said. See? All we had to do was get started.

“But first,” Chloe added as they exited the building, “we’ve got some games of chance to conquer. Meet you all at the carnival entrance at eight o’clock?”

“Aff-ir-ma-tive,” said Vikram. “Be-there. Or-be-square.”

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