The Riddle of the Red Purse
By Patricia Reilly Giff and Blanche Sims
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Patricia Reilly Giff
Patricia Reilly Giff is the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books and the Polka Dot Private Eye books. Several of her novels for older readers have been chosen as ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Books and ALA-YALSA Best Books for Young Adults. She won the Newbery Honor for Lily's Crossing (a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book) and Pictures of Hollis Woods. She lives in Connecticut.
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The Riddle of the Red Purse - Patricia Reilly Giff
CHAPTER 1
MS. ROONEY WAS writing on the board.
Dawn Bosco crossed her fingers.
She saw Linda Lorca cross hers too.
Paper monitor,
Ms. Rooney wrote. Sherri Dent.
Good. Dawn didn’t want to be paper monitor.
Erase boards,
Ms. Rooney wrote. Jason Bazyk.
Dawn crossed her fingers harder.
She was dying to be class president.
She bet Linda Lorca was too.
Fish monitor: Jill Simon.
Dawn sat back. Who cared about being fish monitor?
I have fish at home,
Jill said. Two guppies. One swordtail. Three—
Jill was always talking about her birthday fish.
She had even brought fish food for show-and-tell.
Yucks.
Ms. Rooney began to write again: Class president.
Dawn crossed her toes.
Class president was the best job.
Ms. Rooney wrote a big D.
Dawn Bosco, I bet,
said Linda Lorca. That bossy thing.
I am not,
said Dawn.
Ms. Rooney wrote the rest of Dawn’s name.
Class president! She couldn’t believe it.
Linda Lorca put her tongue out.
Dawn wanted to stick hers out too.
She didn’t, though.
Ms. Rooney said the president had to be good as gold.
Ms. Rooney wiped the chalk dust off her hands. Do good jobs.
She looked at Dawn.
It was time for the pledge.
That was the president’s job.
Dawn rushed to the front. Class, stand,
she said in a nice loud voice.
Half the class stood.
Just a minute,
Jill said. I have to feed the fish.
Alex Walker stuck his head out of the closet. Hold on,
he said. I have to find my homework.
You should have done that before,
Dawn said. She tried to sound like Ms. Rooney.
I told you she was bossy,
said Linda Lorca.
Ms. Rooney shook her head at Linda.
I pledge allegiance,
Dawn began.
The rest of the class said the pledge too.
Then it was time for show-and-tell.
Dawn had something to show.
Something important.
She looked at the box under her desk.
Could she call on herself first?
Maybe not.
Everyone was