Self-Extending
Chapter Three The Tournament Is Beginning!
Chapter Three The Tournament Is Beginning! Chapter Three The Tournament Is Beginning! On New Year's Day, Arthur was up at dawn. All...
Chapter 2 Howie's Fault
Chapter 2 Howie's Fault Chapter 2 Howie's Fault Howie was the only fifth grader who volunteered at Have a Heart. Even though the shelter...
Chapter 2 Fitting In
Chapter 2 Fitting In Chapter 2 Fitting In The next day, I'm determined to fit in. I hide a T-shirt in my bag and take some tapa-cloth...
Chapter 3 Doing What's Right
Chapter 3 Doing What's Right Chapter 3 Doing What's Right After school I hurry to the girls' room to change back into my white blouse...
Chapter 4 True Friends
Chapter 4 True Friends Chapter 4 True Friends The next day, I decide to wear my white blouse to school and keep my braids in. Sela...
The Sit-in
The Sit-in The Sit-in Prologue Before the 1950s, black people in the United States didn't have the same rights as white people. Black...
Chapter 2 Jennifer's idea
Chapter 2 Jennifer's idea Chapter 2 Jennifer's idea "And then - what? You just left?" Jennifer shrieked that night during supper....
Chapter 3 Making a difference
Chapter 3 Making a difference Chapter 3 Making a difference That night, I slept badly - too much time thinking about Jennifer facing...
Chapter 2 Blind as a Bat?
Chapter 2 Blind as a Bat? Chapter 2 Blind as a Bat? Bats are very interesting creatures. I learned that they are divided into two...
Chapter 3 Searching for Bats
Chapter 3 Searching for Bats Chapter 3 Searching for Bats The next time Jim came for breakfast, I asked him if he'd go with me to...
Chapter 4 Clam Digging
Chapter 4 Clam Digging Chapter 4 Clam Digging My summer was coming to a close; Labor Day was just a week away. I loved living at the...
Chapter 5 Bon Appétit!
Chapter 5 Bon Appétit! Chapter 5 Bon Appétit! Once we had collected quite a few clams, Gram and I looked for driftwood. We were at...
Chapter 6 Goodbyes
Chapter 6 Goodbyes Chapter 6 Goodbyes Gram, Jim, and I went for a long walk on the beach and waded along the shore after our lunch...
Chapter 4 Supermom
Chapter 4 Supermom Chapter 4 Supermom "Okay, it's your turn!" Jamal's mom called up when she reached the bottom. "I can't do it!"...
Bats in the Attic
Bats in the Attic Bats in the Attic Introduction When I was nine years old, I spent the summer visiting my great-grandmother, whom...
Chapter 3 Spider and Turtle
Chapter 3 Spider and Turtle Chapter 3 Spider and Turtle One morning, the spider found some yams. She cooked them on the fire. The...
