“Everybody was going totally bananas. I mean, you know I love bananas, but—I mean, everyone was going nuts—well, I like nuts, too, but you know what I mean. Lizzie and James were yelling at each other; Mrs. Starsky was yelling at Craig; and Craig was just standing there totally confused and wondering who he should blame for the whole thing so he could beat them up at lunch recess. Then somehow it wound up that Craig, Mrs. Starsky, and James were all looking right at Lizzie.”
Wow. “So that was the problem, huh?”
“Nope,” said Dodger. Just then, I heard footsteps charging up the stairs. Dodger looked at my bedroom door and gulped. “The problem—and it’s really just a teeny little problem. I mean fifth grade isn’t really a very long part of your life span, when you think about it.” Dodger swallowed again and said, “The problem is—”
Lizzie burst into the room, causing the door to bang off the wall. She was out of breath, but she immediately said, “Dodger, did you tell Willie about the class election?”
I looked at Dodger. Lizzie saw my confused face, then glared at Dodger. I said, “Election?”
Dodger looked like he was going to throw up. “Dude,” he said, “that’s the problem!”
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Sonnenblick, Jordan.
Dodger & me / by Jordan Sonnenblick.
p. cm.
Summary: Miserable because his only friend moved away and he has once again lost a baseball game for his team, fifth-grader Willie Ryan’s life suddenly becomes a lot more interesting when he finds Dodger, a furry blue chimpanzee that only he can see, and he has to decide what he really wishes for in life.
[1. Wishes—Fiction. 2. Genies—Fiction. 3. Friendship—Fiction.
4. Family life—Fiction.] I. Title. II. Title: Dodger and me.
PZ7.S69798Do 2008 [Fic]—dc22 2007032770
Originally published in the United States by Feiwel and Friends
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First Square Fish Edition: 2009
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