A Test of Knowledge

By Emmie B.

The Fifth Grade Test has arrived...

Lila Teafeather, age 10, has been waiting to learn 'bigger magic' ever since her cousin Mira started middle school. Sixth grade star

• Language: English
• Publisher: E.B. Business Writing Services
• Release date: Oct 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9781953798121

Emmie B.

Emmie B. has spent half of her life living on the island of Guam. She went to high school at Southern Christian Academy and graduated from the University of Guam in May 2018. She decided that she wanted to be a writer at age 8 and still gets a thrill when she tells people that she is an author.Emmie B. was reading from a young age (she comes from a family of readers) and sees writing as her way to give back to something that gave her so much joy. Many of the books that influenced Emmie B's perspective on life were the stories she read in her late elementary and early middle school years. Books like the Secrets of Droon, Magic Treehouse, the Spiderwick Chronicles, and the Harry Potter Series all played important roles in Emmie B's life, and still influence her writing today.If you are interested in following her on social media, just look for @emmieb.books. She updates both her Instagram and Facebook at least once a week.

Book preview

1

Ms. Kettle’s fifth grade classroom hummed with chatter as the students worked on upcoming and late assignments. Lila Teafeather, a ten-year-old purple-haired witch, sat quietly in the second row from the front, writing a story for her creative writing assignment.

Alright class, pencils down please, and eyes on me. Ms. Kettle announced from the front of the classroom.

Lila hurriedly finished the sentence she was working on and then placed her pen on the desk, locking eyes on her teacher. Within seconds the classroom was quiet and alert, waiting for Ms. Kettle to make her announcement.

The air in the room sang with their anticipation. The students knew what Ms. Kettle was going to announce, at least they thought they knew what she was going to announce. It was that time of year.

Ms. Kettle, tall, dark-haired and kind, smiled at them all. It is getting very close to the end of the school year, very close to the end of your fifth grade year and you know what that means, don’t you? She asked looking at each and every face in the classroom. All the heads in the room nodded, including Lila, though her stomach did a loop de loop. Who can tell me what I am referring to?

Lila’s friend Ruby, and a couple of other students raised their hands. Ms. Kettle called on Ruby to answer.

We have the Fifth Grade Tests. Ruby said, her voice a little higher pitched than normal. Lila knew it was because Ruby was trying to restrain herself from having one of her excited/nervous outbursts.

Ms. Kettle nodded, pleased. Exactly! Now, who can tell me why the Fifth Grade Test is so important?

Ruby again raised her hand, but this time Ms. Kettle called on Daphne.

Daphne swallowed before answering. The Fifth Grade Test is important because it decides whether we are able to move onto advanced training and the next grade. Her voice cracked towards the end of the sentence and Lila’s stomach flip-flopped again.

Ms. Kettle nodded, Correct! I am so proud of how much you guys are learning! It’s very encouraging. She moved to the whiteboard, continuing to speak while a marker began writing on the board by itself. I wanted to take some time to prepare your minds and explain what you can do to get ready for the test. She said, beginning to pace in front of the white board. As Daphne mentioned, this test will determine if you are ready to dive into the more complicated magic associated with your talent. There will be four tests. One will be a healing spell, the second will be a specialty spell, and the third will be a companion spell done with your familiar. Also, I advise you to keep your spell-gendas near you, because I will be sending out some tips throughout the week for your studying. Ms. Kettle told the class.

As she finished speaking the eraser on her desk jumped up and began ringing. The eraser marked the end of school, sort of like bells in the outside world. No one moved.

Every student was waiting, making sure they heard every instruction from Ms. Kettle. This was their most important test to date. Not passing would mean being stuck