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back out into the living room.
“You won't have a doorknob for a while. But I'm going to fix it for you.”
Back in my room on my bunk, I turned off the light and settled onto my stomach. I tucked my pillow under my chin and looked out the window. I could see yellowy pieces of moon jiggling on the slow-moving river. The quirky cricking of toads in the swamp grass drifted through the screen.
Someone knocked on my door.
I popped up. “Yeah?”
“Can I come in?”
Stella.
“Uh … yeah.”
She opened the door. “Can I turn the light on?”
“Okay.”
Stella flipped the switch. “Your mom said this used to be a storage room.”
“It was full of bugs and spiderwebs.”
Stella leaned in but didn't actually enter. “Well … I just wanted to say thank you for letting me have your room.”
“Uh … sure.”
“But listen, you have to get that kid off my back. I don't want little tough guys bringing me any more bags of dried-up bugs, you understand?”
“Uh …”
“Good night.”
Stella turned off the light and closed the door. I could hear her stumbling through the cluttered garage to the kitchen door.
I went back to looking out the window. How was I going to tell Tito that his Stelladream wasn't going to happen? I cringed. But I'd come up with something. I'd done it once; I could do it again. Right?
Someone knocked again.
The door opened, but the light stayed off. “Calvin? Still awake?”
“Yeah, Mom.”
“I love you … lots. Good night.”
Somewhere a dog barked.
I fell asleep quickly.
Sometimes when you water your yard with a hose, centipedes come out of cracks in the earth and crawl up your pants.
After cleaning your ears, be sure creatures such as mice, lizards, roaches, and ants don't eat your earwax. That would make you deaf.
Text copyright © 2009 by Graham Salisbury
Illustrations copyright © 2009 by Jacqueline Rogers
All rights reserved.
Wendy Lamb Books and colophon are trademarks of Random House, Inc.
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
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Salisbury, Graham.
Calvin Coconut in trouble magnet / Graham Salisbury;
[illustrations by Jacqueline Rogers]. —1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Nine-year-old Calvin catches the attention of the school bully on the day
before he starts fourth grade, while at home, the unfriendly, fifteen-year-old
daughter of his mother's best friend has taken over his room.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89393-3
2. Schools—Fiction. 3. Bullies—Fiction. 4. Kailua (Oahu, Hawaii)—Fiction.]
I. Rogers, Jacqueline, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.S15225Cal 2009
[Fic]—dc22
2008001415
v3.0
“You won't have a doorknob for a while. But I'm going to fix it for you.”
Back in my room on my bunk, I turned off the light and settled onto my stomach. I tucked my pillow under my chin and looked out the window. I could see yellowy pieces of moon jiggling on the slow-moving river. The quirky cricking of toads in the swamp grass drifted through the screen.
Someone knocked on my door.
I popped up. “Yeah?”
“Can I come in?”
Stella.
“Uh … yeah.”
She opened the door. “Can I turn the light on?”
“Okay.”
Stella flipped the switch. “Your mom said this used to be a storage room.”
“It was full of bugs and spiderwebs.”
Stella leaned in but didn't actually enter. “Well … I just wanted to say thank you for letting me have your room.”
“Uh … sure.”
“But listen, you have to get that kid off my back. I don't want little tough guys bringing me any more bags of dried-up bugs, you understand?”
“Uh …”
“Good night.”
Stella turned off the light and closed the door. I could hear her stumbling through the cluttered garage to the kitchen door.
I went back to looking out the window. How was I going to tell Tito that his Stelladream wasn't going to happen? I cringed. But I'd come up with something. I'd done it once; I could do it again. Right?
Someone knocked again.
The door opened, but the light stayed off. “Calvin? Still awake?”
“Yeah, Mom.”
“I love you … lots. Good night.”
Somewhere a dog barked.
I fell asleep quickly.
Sometimes when you water your yard with a hose, centipedes come out of cracks in the earth and crawl up your pants.
After cleaning your ears, be sure creatures such as mice, lizards, roaches, and ants don't eat your earwax. That would make you deaf.
Text copyright © 2009 by Graham Salisbury
Illustrations copyright © 2009 by Jacqueline Rogers
All rights reserved.
Wendy Lamb Books and colophon are trademarks of Random House, Inc.
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
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Salisbury, Graham.
Calvin Coconut in trouble magnet / Graham Salisbury;
[illustrations by Jacqueline Rogers]. —1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Nine-year-old Calvin catches the attention of the school bully on the day
before he starts fourth grade, while at home, the unfriendly, fifteen-year-old
daughter of his mother's best friend has taken over his room.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89393-3
2. Schools—Fiction. 3. Bullies—Fiction. 4. Kailua (Oahu, Hawaii)—Fiction.]
I. Rogers, Jacqueline, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.S15225Cal 2009
[Fic]—dc22
2008001415
v3.0
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