Vote for Suzanne by Nancy E. Krulik & John & Wendy

Author:Nancy E. Krulik & John & Wendy [Krulik, Nancy E. & John & Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781440639227
Goodreads: 11726393
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Published: 2008-09-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

By nine-thirty Saturday morning, there was a big crowd of kids outside City Hall. And not just fourth-graders, either. There were kids of all ages and grown-ups, too. Just about everyone at Cherrydale Elementary School had heard about the protest and wanted the mayor to know how they felt about the new playground!

Katie and Jeremy were in the crowd, carrying their signs.

Katie’s said, PLAYGROUNDS ARE HEALTHY FOR CHILDREN!

Jeremy’s sign said, SWINGS YES! CARS NO!

“I don’t see any news cameras or reporters,” Jeremy pointed out. He sounded worried.

“They’ll be here as soon as Mayor Fogelhymer arrives,” Katie assured him.

“What if the mayor doesn’t work on Saturday?”

“He’ll be here,” Katie told him. “On the radio, they said he was meeting with some people from the garage company at ten o’clock.”

“Jeremy, over here!” Becky Stern called out from the other side of the steps.

Jeremy sighed. “Oh, man,” he groaned.

Katie felt bad for Jeremy. Becky was always flirting with him. She had a big crush on him. Jeremy, however, did not have a crush on Becky.

“We can’t leave,” Katie told Jeremy. “We have to fight for the playground.”

Jeremy nodded. “You’re right.”

Katie scanned the crowd. Over toward the left, closest to the City Hall steps, she spotted Suzanne. Ordinarily, Katie would have shouted and waved to her. But not today.

As for Suzanne, every now and then she glanced over to where Katie and Jeremy were standing. But she would turn away quickly as soon as her eyes met Katie’s.

Suddenly, a long black car pulled up to the curb. Two news vans followed close behind.

“He’s here!” Mandy shouted out. “It’s Mayor Fogelhymer!”

As the mayor got out of his car, the kids all began to chant. “One, two, three, four! We want swings and slides and more!”

The news reporters leaped out of their vans. Cameramen began to film the protesting kids.

As soon as the cameras appeared, Suzanne started jumping up and down in the air, waving her arms like a cheerleader.

“One, two, three, four!” Suzanne shouted. “We want swings and slides and more!”

As she said the word more, Suzanne reached out her arms and began to do a cartwheel. But she tripped over her open shoelace.

Bam! Suzanne landed right on her rear end.

“I can’t wait to see that on the evening news,” Jeremy joked.

Normally, Katie wouldn’t have liked hearing Jeremy make fun of Suzanne. But right now, Suzanne wasn’t her best friend. She was the person Katie was running against. After all, Suzanne had decided that Katie was her enemy. So Katie laughed along with everyone else.

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