CHAPTER 1 Geometry Blues I’m a super-duper straight-A student Except for math Math is gross-a rama report card drama I’m getting back my first math test in third grade and I’m doomed Why Because I stink-a-roo in math My parents call me Katharine the Almost Great They say I’m a work in-progress I bet if I could get an A in math they’d call me Katharine the Great 5
After unpacking my backpack I headed straight to our classroom mailboxes and shoved my hand inside I pulled out my test and took a quicky quick peek I didn’t see a C Or a D Or an F But there wasn’t an A or a B either Instead there were oodles of Xs with new answers scribbled over my old ones I didn't have time to count the Xs because I heard an itty-bitty noise behind me I spun around and saw Miss Priss A-Poo smirking You got all those wrong Then she flashed her test with a big fat A and smiley face at me I got all mine right I glanced back at my test No smiley face Miss Priss-A-Poo tossed her hair and skipped away humming something that sounded like Katharine got an F Katharine got an F 6
I trudged back to my seat Miss Priss-A-Poo’s real name is Vanessa We were BFFs in kindergarten until 1 Her mom started writing messages on her napkins and tucking them inside her lunch box 2 She asked me to read them to her What does this one say she asked while chomping on a carrot stick Before I read it to her I spied two yummy looking oatmeal cookies in her lunch box Since Vanessa refused to swap-a roo I came up with another idea This is what the napkin said Have fun in gym today But I told her it said Give Katharine two cookies So she did 7
