Part IV

The idea started when Gloria remarked at lunch around a mouthfull of bologna, "Ever wonder what would happpen if kids took over the school? You know, lock up the teachers and bar the doors. Wish we could do that." and continued on with her sandwich. "Oh yes!" I joked. "But we'd have to watch out for Mr. Pick. Why's he here, anyway?" Everyone shrugged. Mr. Kookie was ex-military, and patrolled the school, saying things like, "How are you doing today?", and "Where's your pass?". he was maybe 50 or 60, and had a crew-cut. Noone knew why he was there. But then I thought seriously. "Ok, lets say we did," I said, trying to keep the exitement from my voice. It could just be possible. It was not beyond the limit of the imagination. "What would we need to do? We'd need someone popular so the other kids would listen to us." But actually, I thought, that would be pretty easy. I have connections. "Well, we'd need missiles . . ." When you got Gloria started on domination, she could go on for hours. And it was plainly known, sincebefore christmas when they were talking about the valuable gifts that money can't buy, she had answered dreamily, "World domination," to a startled teacher and amused class [including a half laughing-half crying me]. "That would be a bad idea though." said Carlie. Carlie could be a bit hard to bear sometimes, but she was really pretty nice, and could be a big help in times of need [and homework].
on went lunch and by the end of it I had convinced her to side with us. and so time passed, and we had been meeting, plotting scheming. and the best part was,
I was in control.

Part III

Part III

Language arts was pretty bad, but nothing compared to math. "SSR, class!" shrieked Ms. Hinker. "I must go in the supply closet and, er, organize. I'll shut the door so the dust won't get you. It's a powerful thing dust! It'll get to your brain. . . "

"And it shows on you." muttered Abel. But she didn't hear him. She was already walking into the supply closet and closing the door.

No one knew what was inside, not even sneaky Kangel. Once Tish went inside to ask about a "hard word" [pixies]. But, the lights were off, and before she got to the switch, Ms. Hinkle was giving her PS74 s in multiples of 100, and all her grades so far were Fs. Except on her report card. We had a certain truce with the teachers: they gave us good report cards, we breathed not a word of their torturing us. So everyone propped up textbooks and talked behind them, slowly edging towards the red carpet area. There were multiple couches and puffy pillows, so everyone finally settled down and got comfortable. Then we had our meeting. Children from other classes slowly trickled in. It would soon be Time.

Charlie Bone books I II and III by Jenny Nimmo

Midnight For Charlie Bone, Charlie Bone and the Time Twister ,and Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy by Jenny Nimmo are pretty good books. They are about Charlie bone, a 10/11 year old boy who discovers he has the magical ability to hear people talking in pictures [what they said what the picture was taken]. His gleeful aunts quickly ship him off to Bloor's Academy, where geniuses go. When he gets there, Charlie discovers a thick plot that begins to unravel, concerning a traded off baby, a hypnotised girl and a missing father. The next 2 books are different, much easier to understand. It might just be me, but in the first 2 books, I kept messing up who people are.
My rating: ***