smaller. Soon, Katie couldn’t see her mom at all. A really lonely feeling came over her.
Katie wasn’t the only one feeling sad. Katie could see a tear falling down the side of Suzanne’s face.
“Hey, you want to share a bunk bed?” Katie asked, trying to cheer her pal.
Suzanne smiled ... a little. “Can I have the top?”
“Sure.”
Jeremy turned to Katie and Suzanne. “You guys want to hear a camp cheer?” he asked.
“Why not?” Suzanne said.
Jeremy smiled broadly as he began to cheer. “Brrr. It’s cold in here. There must be 3A in the atmosphere. All hands clap. All feet stamp. We’re the coolest kids at Science Camp!”
Soon the kids in class 3A were shouting Jeremy’s cheer. Mandy Banks and Miriam Chan were even doing a hand-clapping game to the rhythm. Everyone was having fun.
Everyone except George. He looked miserable.
Katie joined in. She felt a little bit better. As Katie looked over at Jeremy’s smiling face, she hoped that she would be as happy at camp as he’d been.
But Katie couldn’t help feeling that something awful was going to happen at Science Camp.
Chapter 3
As the bus turned a corner, the kids caught a glimpse of the camp sign. Suddenly, everyone seemed to be talking at once.
Everyone but George, that is. He sat there like a lump.
“We’re here, because we’re here, because we’re here, because we’re here ... ” Jeremy began singing another one of his camp songs.
“Ooh, are those the cabins?” Mandy asked, pointing to the tiny little wooden huts that dotted the campgrounds.
“Did you see that lake?” Zoe added. “It’s so blue.”
“I wonder where the nature shack is,” Manny said. “Mrs. Derkman told me they have goats and sheep there.”
“Do you think they have full-length mirrors in the cabins?” Suzanne asked.
Before Katie could answer, the bus rolled to a stop. Immediately, the kids unbuckled their belts and bolted for the door.
One by one the children filed off the bus. Katie looked around. Science Camp was really pretty. The trees were blossoming. She could hear birds singing in the distance. And there was a clean smell to the breeze that circled gently around her head.
The breeze!
Suddenly Katie had a nervous feeling in the pit of her stomach.
Quickly she looked at her classmates. Their hair was blowing in the wind, too.
She stared at the trees. The leaves and blossoms were moving. Phew. It was just a normal, everyday breeze. For a moment there, Katie had been afraid that the magic wind had followed her all the way to Science Camp.
The magic wind was a tornado-like wind that twisted and turned—but only around Katie. It was really scary. But the scariest part happened after the wind stopped blowing. That’s when Katie turned into someone else!
It all started one really awful day. Katie had ruined her favorite jeans and burped in front of the whole class. That had been so embarrassing. Katie had wished that she could be anyone but herself.
There must have been a shooting star flying overhead or something when she made that wish, because the very next day, the magic wind blew, turning Katie into Speedy, the class hamster! Katie had spent a whole morning gnawing on wooden chew sticks and running on a hamster wheel.
Luckily, Katie had changed back into herself before anyone stepped on her!
Katie never knew who the magic wind might turn her into next. Already it had switcherooed her into the school lunch lady, Lucille, and the principal, Mr. Kane. And once the magic wind turned Katie into Jeremy . What a mess that had been!
Katie never knew when the magic wind was coming. She just hoped that the wind wouldn’t be able to find her at Science Camp. It was going to be hard enough being away from home. She didn’t want to have to be away from her body, too.
Chapter 4
Manny, George, and Kevin were all huddled together on the grass behind the bus. Manny and Kevin were whispering to each other and giggling. George just looked
Katie wasn’t the only one feeling sad. Katie could see a tear falling down the side of Suzanne’s face.
“Hey, you want to share a bunk bed?” Katie asked, trying to cheer her pal.
Suzanne smiled ... a little. “Can I have the top?”
“Sure.”
Jeremy turned to Katie and Suzanne. “You guys want to hear a camp cheer?” he asked.
“Why not?” Suzanne said.
Jeremy smiled broadly as he began to cheer. “Brrr. It’s cold in here. There must be 3A in the atmosphere. All hands clap. All feet stamp. We’re the coolest kids at Science Camp!”
Soon the kids in class 3A were shouting Jeremy’s cheer. Mandy Banks and Miriam Chan were even doing a hand-clapping game to the rhythm. Everyone was having fun.
Everyone except George. He looked miserable.
Katie joined in. She felt a little bit better. As Katie looked over at Jeremy’s smiling face, she hoped that she would be as happy at camp as he’d been.
But Katie couldn’t help feeling that something awful was going to happen at Science Camp.
Chapter 3
As the bus turned a corner, the kids caught a glimpse of the camp sign. Suddenly, everyone seemed to be talking at once.
Everyone but George, that is. He sat there like a lump.
“We’re here, because we’re here, because we’re here, because we’re here ... ” Jeremy began singing another one of his camp songs.
“Ooh, are those the cabins?” Mandy asked, pointing to the tiny little wooden huts that dotted the campgrounds.
“Did you see that lake?” Zoe added. “It’s so blue.”
“I wonder where the nature shack is,” Manny said. “Mrs. Derkman told me they have goats and sheep there.”
“Do you think they have full-length mirrors in the cabins?” Suzanne asked.
Before Katie could answer, the bus rolled to a stop. Immediately, the kids unbuckled their belts and bolted for the door.
One by one the children filed off the bus. Katie looked around. Science Camp was really pretty. The trees were blossoming. She could hear birds singing in the distance. And there was a clean smell to the breeze that circled gently around her head.
The breeze!
Suddenly Katie had a nervous feeling in the pit of her stomach.
Quickly she looked at her classmates. Their hair was blowing in the wind, too.
She stared at the trees. The leaves and blossoms were moving. Phew. It was just a normal, everyday breeze. For a moment there, Katie had been afraid that the magic wind had followed her all the way to Science Camp.
The magic wind was a tornado-like wind that twisted and turned—but only around Katie. It was really scary. But the scariest part happened after the wind stopped blowing. That’s when Katie turned into someone else!
It all started one really awful day. Katie had ruined her favorite jeans and burped in front of the whole class. That had been so embarrassing. Katie had wished that she could be anyone but herself.
There must have been a shooting star flying overhead or something when she made that wish, because the very next day, the magic wind blew, turning Katie into Speedy, the class hamster! Katie had spent a whole morning gnawing on wooden chew sticks and running on a hamster wheel.
Luckily, Katie had changed back into herself before anyone stepped on her!
Katie never knew who the magic wind might turn her into next. Already it had switcherooed her into the school lunch lady, Lucille, and the principal, Mr. Kane. And once the magic wind turned Katie into Jeremy . What a mess that had been!
Katie never knew when the magic wind was coming. She just hoped that the wind wouldn’t be able to find her at Science Camp. It was going to be hard enough being away from home. She didn’t want to have to be away from her body, too.
Chapter 4
Manny, George, and Kevin were all huddled together on the grass behind the bus. Manny and Kevin were whispering to each other and giggling. George just looked
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