Judy Moody and the Bad Luck Charm by Megan McDonald

Author:Megan McDonald [McDonald, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7636-6198-4
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2012-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

“E-M-A-N-C-I-P-A-T-I-O-N. What’s emancipation?” Judy asked Mom and Dad.

“It means to set free,” said Mom.

“Lincoln set potatoes free?” Stink asked.

Mom chuckled. “No, Lincoln is famous for writing something called the Emancipation Proclamation.”

“In it, he said slaves should be free,” Dad added.

“Everybody knows that,” said Stink.

“Speaking of Abe Lincoln,” said Judy. “Will we have time to go to the Museum of Doctor Stuff? They have Abe Lincoln’s skull bone there. No lie.”

“Sorry, Jelly Bean,” said Dad. “Mom already checked. The National Museum of Health and Medicine had a power outage. They’re closed today.”

“Rat fink,” said Judy.

“How about the World’s Almost-Biggest Chair?” Stink asked. “I didn’t get to see that last time. Can we go? Can we? Can we?”

“Sure,” said Dad.

“No fair. Stink gets to do his thing and my thing is closed. That stinks on ice.”

“Tell you what,” said Mom, checking her map. “We can drive past the chair on our way to the Frederick Douglass House in Cedar Hill.”

“Frederick Douglass! Mr. Todd told us all about him for Black History Month.”

“I thought you might like that,” said Mom.

“Who’s Frederick Douglass?” Stink asked.

“He was a great American thinker and speaker,” said Dad.

“He was a slave and he escaped and fought for freedom,” said Mom.

“He told President Lincoln how being a slave was really, really bad,” said Judy. “And he said everybody should be able to vote. He even got in a fight with Lincoln about it. But that was like four score and seven million years ago.”

Mom smiled.

“I think Mr. Todd would be proud of you,” said Dad.

“And now I can tell him I saw his house!”

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