Contents Contents Bad News 4 The Game 16 Temptation 25 Greg the Thief 32 Greg’s Dream 43 Greg the Good Once Again 52 Making Choices Greg the Good 62 Making Choices James the Rock 63 About the Author 64 About the Illustrator 64
Bad News Bad News It was a beautiful early summer day in the Trinidad community of Washington DC The weather was not too hot The smell of grilled hot dogs and hamburgers fi lled the air On this beautiful day diffi cult news was broken to the McNair children Grandpa Joe called the children into the living room for a family meeting Greg sat down next to his sister April His grandmother Rose seated herself in the chair across from them She had papers in her hand 4
Their grandfather stood with his hands in his pockets waiting for the others to join them A minute later Greg’s cousins James and Charles entered the room Hey Grandpa what’s going on Charles asked as he rolled his 5