Rich and Mad by William Nicholson

Author:William Nicholson [Nicholson, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-60684-183-9
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Published: 2010-09-14T04:00:00+00:00

Rich stole sheets of blue sugar paper and a pot of scarlet poster paint from Tiny Footsteps and made himself a sign almost a meter wide. He wrote in jagged fiery letters:

SUPPORT MR. PICO. SIGN PETITION NOW.

The petition was a blank new exercise book. Rich wrote at the top of the first page:

WE THE UNDERSIGNED DEMAND THE REINSTATEMENT OF PAUL PICO TO HIS POST AT THE BEACON ACADEMY.

He then scrawled his own slightly unconvincing signature on the line beneath.

He arrived at school carrying his rolled up sign, taking care to avoid eye contact with anyone. He calculated that word must have got round by now. Everyone would know how he had been humiliated by Grace Carey. It seemed to him from the glimpses he caught out of the corners of his eyes that people were pointing at him and exchanging amused glances. He was ready for that. He planned to give them something more to laugh about.

He unrolled his sign and pinned it to the main notice board in the Oval, obscuring the lists of teams and the announcements of forthcoming events.

SUPPORT MR. PICO. SIGN PETITION NOW.

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