{"product_id":"super-surprise-isbn-9780375859144","title":"Super Surprise","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis week the kids at the Zigzag Afternoon Center are being creative, and trying new things. But that's not so easy for Destiny. All of her ideas turn into disasters—until she finds out what a good poet she is.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sixth book in award-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff's Zigzag Kids series captures all the excitement of new friends and after-school fun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePATRICIA REILLY GIFF is the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books. Her novels for older readers include the Newbery Honor books \u003ci\u003eLily's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePictures of Hollis Woods,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWillow Run,\u003c\/i\u003e a companion to \u003ci\u003eLily's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e. Her most recent books are the novels \u003ci\u003eStoryteller\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Wild Girl,\u003c\/i\u003e and the Zigzag Kids titles, \u003ci\u003eNumber One Kid, Big Whopper, Flying Feet,\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Star Time\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003eChapter 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFriday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDestiny Washington raced along the hall. She was on her way to the school library. It was movie time at the Zigzag Afternoon Center. And after that, Ms. Katz, her favorite teacher, had promised a surprise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut wait.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sign was tacked up on the wall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDestiny squinted at the sign. Too bad she wasn’t such a great reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRHYME TIME BEGINS. JOIN RIGHT IN!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rrrrrrr . . . ,” she whispered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRhinoceros?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat animal wouldn’t even fit in the school.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe stood on one foot. “That R word is one tough baby,” she said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGina came up behind her. “Are you talking to yourself?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDestiny crossed her fingers. “Just humming.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGina pointed to the sign. “I’m going to join right in.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Me too,” Destiny said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHmmm. Join in what? she wondered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGina kept going down the hall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rrrrr . . .” Destiny spelled it out: “R-H-Y-M-E.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd then she had it. She really did!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRainbow!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe couldn’t believe it. She’d sounded out one of the hardest words in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat was it. They’d all be rainbows next week!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe’d wear her best butterfly bow. It was red and green and orange, her favorite color.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut she had to hurry. The movie would begin any minute.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe rushed down the hall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe circled Jake the Sweeper. He was peering into the mop closet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis face was red. “What a mess in here,” he said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoor Jake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDestiny was the last one in the library.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA thousand books covered the shelves. All the seats were taken. There was almost no room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer friend Beebe was squashed up in front. Beebe wore round aids in her ears to help her hear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSometimes she could even read lips!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn back, Yolanda was sitting on a bench. She moved over to make room for Destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Thanks!” Destiny slung her backpack underneath the bench.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMs. Katz smiled at them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You’re so lucky, Destiny,” Yolanda said. “Ms. Katz is your classroom teacher. And she’s the librarian for the Afternoon Center, too.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDestiny nodded. Ms. Katz was the best teacher in the school. Maybe in the whole United States of America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe movie began. It was about a princess and a witch who locked her in a castle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“That’s what witches always do,” Yolanda said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDestiny tried to see.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe other kids’ heads bobbed up and down in front of her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong came a godmother. She said:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI’ll get you out. Don’t you worry. I’ll think of something In a hurry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd that was what happened.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe godmother said:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHop in bed. Say good night. Hold on tight!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe princess and the bed flew out the window. They landed in a river. They sailed away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe movie was over. Everyone clapped.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMitchell whistled. Almost whistled. It was more of a shu-shu sound. He was still working on it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMs. Katz snapped up the shades. “Here comes the surprise. Think about the movie. What does it have to do with the sign?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRainbows, Destiny thought. Colors!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe princess wore a pink and purple gown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes, that was it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOutside the library, Destiny saw Jake go by. He was shaking his head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Terrible Thomas, Jake’s cat, went by, too. She wasn’t supposed to come to school. 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