CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Boring with a Capital B pg 5 CHAPTER 2 Dollar Words pg 13 CHAPTER 3 Details Details Details pg 23 CHAPTER 4 Who What Where When Why How HELP pg 33 CHAPTER 7 pg 61 More Major Mama Drama CHAPTER 8 pg 71 Double Trouble CHAPTER 5 pg 43 Tricky Sticks CHAPTER 6 The Switch-a-Roo pg 53
chapter 1 Boring with a Capital B WRONG Wrong wrong wrong I glared at the bulletin board again Do You Have the Write Stuff No I whispered I have the wrong stuff My essay got a C Mrs Bingsley scribbled a note next to it I liked hearing about Slip-N-Slide World Katharine You need to add more details Work on your lead sentence Try to come up with a more creative title My parents call me Katharine the Almost Great They say I’m a work in-progress I bet if I got an A on my 5
essay and earned a Write Stuff pencil they would fi nally call me Katharine the Great Everything okay asked Crockett Crockett is my cousin He knows when something’s bugging me I showed him my big fat C He glanced at the paper It’s kind of short Mrs Bingsley likes long stories I gave him my grumpy eyes and said I know Crockett shrugged Then you get what you get and you can’t get upset Mrs Bingsley moved in front of the bulletin board My stomach did a fl ip-fl op belly drop She said Vanessa would you please join me Vanessa rushed up with a goof-a roo grin Mrs Bingsley gave her a paper pencil It said Vanessa has the write stuff 6
