the table all over the breakfast pizza and all over Mister’s homework You ruined everything shouts Mister holding up his family tree project which is now dripping wet Maybe now it’s an orange tree I say trying to lighten the mood I bet you already know that didn’t work WEDNESDAY WILSON my mom yells Not another word Eat your breakfast and go straight to school She tosses me a cloth to mop up the mess and heads to her art studio without saying goodbye I should have just eaten the breakfast pizza in the first place because now everyoneʼs upset with me and I still have to eat it anyway Could this day get any wor 9
THE REAL CHAPTER 1 Starting Over Do you ever wish you could start a bad day over I’ve decided my day actually begins the exact moment we leave our house and walk to school Now I just need something to cheer me up so I think of that dog with its belly full of pepperoni because dogs always make things better It makes me smile and I can tell it’s working If Mister’s bad mood is my fault then I have to help him out of his funk too It’s the least I can do I offer to 10
carry Mister’s family tree project because I guess you could say it’s my fault that it’s a soggy mess One of the paper branches breaks off and I’m desperately trying to hide it from him so he doesn’t get more upset Fortunately Mister hasn’t noticed yet because he’s trying to kick a lucky rainbow marble like a tiny soccer ball all the way to school Technically it’s my lucky rainbow marble but after the trouble I caused him this morning I’m letting him play with it My nonno gave me the marble before he died which is why it’s special He told me it’s called an onion skin because it has so many colorful lines that look like an onion cut in half Nonno said this marble reminded him of me since it has so many beautiful layers and no two are alike He told me there was a marble for every person out there MARBLE ONION 11
