Extraordinary by Miriam Spitzer Franklin

Author:Miriam Spitzer Franklin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Published: 2015-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Six Weeks, Four Days

I’ve printed out the latest Independent Reader scores,” Miss Quetzel announced as she posted the print-out on the bulletin board. “Looks like quite a few of you have earned enough for popsicles in the room at lunch this Friday. So, now’s a good time to take a few minutes so that you can spend your money.”

I felt a tap on my shoulder while Miss Quetzel was calling students to collect their rewards.

“Are you going to use your bucks on popsicles?” Madison asked me.

I nodded. “Are you?”

“Of course!” Madison grinned at me. “We’ll have so much fun!”

I glanced over at Andy. “How about you?” I asked him. “Do you want to stay in the room on Friday with us and have popsicles?”

Andy shrugged. I turned around and started talking to Madison, and a few minutes later, Andy got up to spend his money on a homework pass. Maybe he hadn’t earned enough points for the popsicles. Or was it that he didn’t want to stay in the room since I was talking to Madison? Whatever the reason, he didn’t say anything more about it. He just stuck the homework pass in his folder and turned back around in his seat instead of joining our conversation.

“Now,” Miss Quetzel said once she’d finished with the Reading Bucks, “it’s time for social studies. Today we’re going to begin group projects on the Civil War. I’ve decided to let you choose your own group members—no more than four to a group.”

An excited buzz filled the room. Miss Quetzel had never let us choose our own groups before. I’d work with Andy, of course, but before I could turn to him Madison leaned forward and said, “Come on, Pansy! Join our group. This is going to be awesome!”

I glanced at Andy. He shrugged and stared down at his desk.

“Um, what about Andy?” I asked Madison.

She looked over at Emma and Hannah, who were making their way toward us.

“No offense, Andy,” she said, “but our group is girls only.”

“No problem,” Andy said. But from the look on his face, I could tell it hurt his feelings. He picked up his notebook and walked across the room where some boys were looking for team members. I knew he’d find someone else to work with, but I didn’t like the way he’d walked away without even smiling at me.

Madison, however, gave me a wide smile as I pulled my chair up to her desk. I felt my lips curving up at the corners, even though I hadn’t meant to smile back. I wanted to work with Andy, but working with Madison would be fun, too.

“We’re going to do the best job in the class,” Madison said once we’d gathered around her desk. She folded her arms in front of her. “I think we should dress up when we give our oral reports.”

“I call Mrs. Lincoln!” Hannah said.

“I think Madison should be Mary Todd Lincoln,” Emma said. “She has this beautiful pageant gown that looks just like something Mrs.

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