Thirteen (2008)
“Trinity didn’t, which Ty thought was terribly unjust. He had a point: Westminster did seem to have a heck of a lot more teacher workdays than Trinity.“Sorry, Charlie,” Mom said as she picked up the crust of his Eggo to throw away. “Find your shoes. It’s time to go.”“But it’s not fair!” he complained, draping himself over the sofa like a sack of flour.“Welp, life isn’t fair,” I said. “Never has been, never will.” Which oddly enough failed to raise Ty’s spirits, so to appease him, I told him I’d ...come be a reading volunteer with Mom. At eleven. After a lovely long bath and an episode or two of Judge Judy.“For real?” he said.“Sure,” I said magnanimously. I could say “hey” to my old Trinity teachers and at the same time earn brownie points for being such a good and loving sister. Afterward, I could probably persuade Mom to take me to Pricci’s for a girls’ lunch.Mom and I arrived at Mrs. Webber’s room five minutes before Reading Workshop started, and I blinked at the bright colors and construction-paper-happy bulletin boards of the second grade classroom.MoreLess
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