A Fair to Remember #13 by Melissa J. Morgan

Author:Melissa J. Morgan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2010-02-28T11:00:00+00:00

chapter EIGHT

“Okay, everyone! Line up!” Valerie called out.

Grace scrambled into place between Alex and Jenna. The sun shone down on her face and a few fluffy clouds chased one another across the sky. Down at the lake, kids shouted and splashed and chased each other along the water’s edge, the still frigid lake licking at their toes. Unlike this morning, Grace was now loving every minute of this vacation. Alyssa’s plan was genius.

“Ready?” Tori asked.

“Ready!” everyone chorused.

Tori hit the play button on the CD player and jumped into position near the front of the group. Grace smiled as the music started up.

“Five, six, seven, eight!” Val called out.

Grace and her friends launched into the dance. A twirl here, some funky footwork there. But they weren’t just dancing. They were also singing.

“The Confederate Constitution signed in 1861! Just a few days after Lincoln was sworn in!” they sang. “In April of that very same year, the South took Fort Sumter, which the president held dear!”

Grace caught Alyssa’s eye as they slid past each other, switching formation, and they both grinned. Alyssa, Grace, and Val had spent half the morning changing all the words to the song to include facts about the Civil War. Now, suddenly, Grace could remember everything. Straight memorization hadn’t stuck, but this was really working. Alyssa had made a bunch of boring dates and names into a fun song. And now, all the girls knew all the words.

Plus it meant that Grace could go over everything over and over and over again, while learning Val’s dance at the same time. Alyssa really had found a way for both Grace and Val to be happy.

“The South held the fort till 1865,” Grace sang with her friends, clapping and then waving her arms in the air. “The brave soldiers of the South there kept the Confederates’ hopes alive!”

Grace laughed and jumped into her next move. This had to be the best studying session she’d ever had in her life. And it was a lot more fun than ever before, too.

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