But then I got it stuck in my hair which was NOT fun at all Plus my best friend Willa moved away which was the most not-fun thing ever 3 But I got a new best friend named Evie who moved here from London She has a cool accent 4 My baby brother Marco was born 5 I got to babysit Evie’s dog and I lost it Luckily my sister Penny helped find it 6 Penny and I were flower girls we got a new uncle and a new cousin and we all went swimming in our flower-girl dresses 7 My friend Lucy and I made a secret news paper I wrote about the secret new Candy Carnival at our store Batts Confections It’s not a secret anymore 8 I got to be on my favorite show in the whole entire world called Superstar Sam 8
9 I slept over in my school library In this book I’m going to write about the amazing trip my family and I are about to take And guess what By the time I finish this book the other thing that will have happened is I will have turned NINE YEARS OLD 9
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CHAPTER 2 Closer to Nine Stella there’s a phone call for you Mom said I love getting phone calls Hello this is Stella Batts I said pressing the phone against my ear Who is this Next to me my sister Penny whined in my other ear How come I didn’t get a phone call Shhh Penny I can’t hear I said Who is this I asked again Guess said a voice on the other end of 11
