Monica and the School Spirit Meltdown

By Diana G Gallagher

Monica has the chance of a lifetime: she's been asked to ride with her friends in a parade! But the problem is, the parade is for the Rock Creek football team, and they're Pine Tree Middle School's rivals in the big game. How can she support her school and her friends from Rock Creek, and still ride in the parade?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781496592941

Diana G Gallagher

Diane G. Gallagher lives in Florida with her husband, Marty Burke, five dogs, three cats, and a cranky parrot. A professional folk musician in the 1970s, Gallagher also wrote songs and dabbled in whimsical fantasy art in the 1980s. She is best known for her hand-colored print series, "Woof: The House Dragon", and she won a Hugo for Best Fan Artist 1988. "The Alien Dark" (TSR1990) was her first published novel. Gallagher has written over 70 titles, including books in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Charmed", Smallville", and "Star Trek" series.

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Friend Book

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WELCOME BACK, MONICA MURRAY

SCREEN NAME: MonicaLuvsHorses

Messages to MonicaLuvsHorses

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Chapter One

The Opposite of the Poem

Monica, you promised! Angela shrieked.

I sighed.

Most of the second-grade girls I knew were just like the poem: Sugar and spice and everything nice.

Not my stepsister. She was selfish, bossy, and loud. Nobody wrote any poems about her.

Something came up, I told her. I sat down on my bed and reached for my boots. We can make friendship bracelets tomorrow.

I need them today! Angela yelled. She stamped her foot. Then she put her hands on her hips and glared at me.

Our dog stretched out on the bed and yawned. Angela’s fits didn’t bother Buttons, but they really bothered me.

I