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notebook to Molly. She looked over Molly's shoulder at the activity bus and got a crafty gleam in her eyes.
“You'd better hurry if you want to catch that bus, Mol.”
“Aren't you coming home with me?” Molly asked.
“I'll be home in a bit. But I have a date with the padre for pie. I'm going to try to convince that social studies teacher of yours how wrong he is aboutthe infield fly rule.” Irene jogged off, pom-poms fluttering, to find Father Connery.
The driver stopped Molly as she started up the steps.
“No blades on the bus.”
“That's okay, I'll hop.”
Molly lifted the foot with the Rollerblade and, using the cello as a crutch, boarded the bus. She ignored the astonished faces that silently turned as she made her way toward the only available seat, which was, she noted with a small shiver, next to Jake.
She sat down and sighed as she let Mary Bridget's cello case drop to the floor of the bus with a gratifying crash. She grinned at all the heads that swiveled toward her.
“It's a cello,” she called cheerfully. She turned, still smiling, to Jake. “It's Mary Bridget's cello and I'm taking it home for her.”
“Nice blade,” he commented, studying her carefully.
“Thanks. I found it. Nicer wheels than my own pair. Of course, I have two of those.”
“You look like you've had a rough day.”
She looked down at her feet and thoughtfully tapped the bowling shoe and the RoUerblade together. Then she looked up at herself in the convex mirror at the front of the bus: tiny braids on one side, black eye on the other, a smudge of blue-black ink on her cheek.
“Actually, it turned out to be a really good day,” she said, smiling at her reflection.
“Cool,” Jake said, touching her hand. “Totally cool.”
Gary Paulsen is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor books:
The Winter Room, Hatchet
and
Dogsong.
His novel
The Haymeadow
received the Western Writers of America Golden Spur Award. Among his Random House books are
The Glass Café; How Angel Peterson Got His Name; Caught by the Sea; Guts: The True Stories Behind
Hatchet
and the Brian Books; The Beet Fields; Alida's Song
(a companion to
The Cookcamp); Soldier's Heart; The Transall Saga; My Life in Dog Years; Sarny: A Life Remembered
(a companion to
Nightjohn); Brian's Return, Brian's Winter
and
Brian's Hunt
(companions to
Hatchet); Father Water, Mother Woods;
and five books about Francis Tucket's adventures in the Old West. Gary Paulsen has also published fiction and nonfiction for adults, as well as picture books illustrated by his wife, the painter Ruth Wright Paulsen. Their most recent book is
Canoe Days.
The Paulsens live in New Mexico and on the Pacific Ocean.
Published by Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
a division of Random House, Inc., New York
Copyright © 2004 by Gary Paulsen
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in
any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the
written permission of the publisher, except where permitted by law. For
information address Wendy Lamb Books.
Visit us on the Web! www.randomhouse.com/ kids
Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at
www.randomhouse.com/ teachers
eISBN: 978-0-307-53849-9
February 2006
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“You'd better hurry if you want to catch that bus, Mol.”
“Aren't you coming home with me?” Molly asked.
“I'll be home in a bit. But I have a date with the padre for pie. I'm going to try to convince that social studies teacher of yours how wrong he is aboutthe infield fly rule.” Irene jogged off, pom-poms fluttering, to find Father Connery.
The driver stopped Molly as she started up the steps.
“No blades on the bus.”
“That's okay, I'll hop.”
Molly lifted the foot with the Rollerblade and, using the cello as a crutch, boarded the bus. She ignored the astonished faces that silently turned as she made her way toward the only available seat, which was, she noted with a small shiver, next to Jake.
She sat down and sighed as she let Mary Bridget's cello case drop to the floor of the bus with a gratifying crash. She grinned at all the heads that swiveled toward her.
“It's a cello,” she called cheerfully. She turned, still smiling, to Jake. “It's Mary Bridget's cello and I'm taking it home for her.”
“Nice blade,” he commented, studying her carefully.
“Thanks. I found it. Nicer wheels than my own pair. Of course, I have two of those.”
“You look like you've had a rough day.”
She looked down at her feet and thoughtfully tapped the bowling shoe and the RoUerblade together. Then she looked up at herself in the convex mirror at the front of the bus: tiny braids on one side, black eye on the other, a smudge of blue-black ink on her cheek.
“Actually, it turned out to be a really good day,” she said, smiling at her reflection.
“Cool,” Jake said, touching her hand. “Totally cool.”
Gary Paulsen is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor books:
The Winter Room, Hatchet
and
Dogsong.
His novel
The Haymeadow
received the Western Writers of America Golden Spur Award. Among his Random House books are
The Glass Café; How Angel Peterson Got His Name; Caught by the Sea; Guts: The True Stories Behind
Hatchet
and the Brian Books; The Beet Fields; Alida's Song
(a companion to
The Cookcamp); Soldier's Heart; The Transall Saga; My Life in Dog Years; Sarny: A Life Remembered
(a companion to
Nightjohn); Brian's Return, Brian's Winter
and
Brian's Hunt
(companions to
Hatchet); Father Water, Mother Woods;
and five books about Francis Tucket's adventures in the Old West. Gary Paulsen has also published fiction and nonfiction for adults, as well as picture books illustrated by his wife, the painter Ruth Wright Paulsen. Their most recent book is
Canoe Days.
The Paulsens live in New Mexico and on the Pacific Ocean.
Published by Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
a division of Random House, Inc., New York
Copyright © 2004 by Gary Paulsen
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in
any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the
written permission of the publisher, except where permitted by law. For
information address Wendy Lamb Books.
Visit us on the Web! www.randomhouse.com/ kids
Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at
www.randomhouse.com/ teachers
eISBN: 978-0-307-53849-9
February 2006
v3.0
OPM
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