To brave kids everywhere especially Rachael Rose and Daniel Gregory Courtney Text Copyright 2017 Courtney Sheinmel Illustrations Copyright 2017 Jennifer A Bell All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without the express written consent of the publisher except in the case of brief excerpts in critical reviews and articles All inquiries should be addressed to 2395 South Huron Parkway Suite 200 Ann Arbor MI 48104 www sleepingbearpress com Sleeping Bear Press TWIZZLERS is a registered trademark of Hershey Chocolate Confectionery Corporation Peachie O’s is owned by Trolli a registered trademark and company owned by the Ferrara Candy Company iPad and FaceTime are registered trademarks of Apple Inc Swedish Fish is a registered trademark of Cadbury Adams USA LLC Printed and bound in the United States 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Sheinmel Courtney author Bell Jennifer A illustrator Title Broken birthday written by Courtney Sheinmel illustrated by Jennifer A Bell Description Ann Arbor MI Sleeping Bear Press 2017 Series Stella Batts book 10 Summary Stella and her family have special plans to celebrate her ninth birthday but everything changes when Stella falls and breaks her leg at school Provided by publisher Identifiers LCCN 2016026744 ISBN 9781585369218 hard cover ISBN 9781585369225 paper back Subjects CYAC Fractures Fiction Friendship Fiction Birthdays Fiction Family life Fiction Classification LCC PZ7 S54124 Bro 2017 DDC Fic dc23 LC record available at https lccn loc gov 2016026744
Table of Contents Things I Wrote About When I Was Eight 7 Closer to Nine 11 My Birthday Observed 25 More Bad Things 41 All of a Sudden 57 The Signal 71 The Recovery Room 79 Out With a Smash 87 Officially Nine 105 Happy Birthday 123 My Birthday Wish 137
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CHAPTER 1 Things I Wrote About When I Was Eight Hi it’s Stella Batts again I’ve written nine books since I turned eight years old That’s because a lot of things happened to me that I wanted to write about such as 1 Joshua in my class started calling me Smella so I changed my name But then I changed it back again 2 I taste-tested magic gum which was fun 7
