Chapter One I am going to be so fierce I was so happy that I spun around and around My hand was high in the air holding the pretty scarf I’d just found on the twenty-five-cent rack Score It was a Saturday afternoon and I was with my best friend Grace We were shopping at our favorite thrift store We came here almost every 1
Saturday afternoon We loved searching for new stuff every week You never knew what kind of treasures you’d find But even if we didn’t find anything good Grace and I always had fun We loved picking through the racks of old clothes I was always on the lookout for cool things but now I was on the hunt for my Queen Esther costume I’d wear it to the Purim party at my synagogue Temple Beth El next month Abba was working on my dress I hadn’t seen it yet but I knew it would be awesome He was a costume designer at a theater so he knew all about costumes I couldn’t wait to see it He’d tried keeping it a surprise but I’d bugged him so much he’d finally brought home a swatch of the fabric So now I knew it would be made of a rich green velvet But nothing else He was planning a big reveal 2
I had the mask I’d made last year and had found the perfect sandals the month before Now all I needed was a scarf and a crown And I had just found the perfect scarf For only a quarter It was green with gold fringes and would match the dress Everything was coming together This is the last piece I needed for my costume I said to Grace Other than the crown But I won’t get one of those here That would be an epic find if you did Grace said Can you Imagine Like If some royal donated their crown by accident or something Or it fell into their donation bag Grace was always thinking up stories That would be awesome I twirled again loving how the filmy scarf floated behind me I guess I’d have to return it But after the party Grace nodded Obviously 3
