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James Patterson
Life goes on, doesn't it? Bud Rankin dies. A baby is born.
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{Are you getting bored yet?}
James Patterson
Mom and Bear got into a big fight that afternoon when she told him what had happened. He kept yelling about how she wasn't "hard enough" on me, and she kept telling him to back off. I just stayed in my room, wishing for it to be over. Finally, Mom said something about how she was late for work, and she slammed the door on her way out.
James Patterson
Mom said. "I'm proud of you, honey. You must be doing something right. Whatever it is, just keep doing it." "Oh, I will," I told her, just before I shoved some more scrambled eggs into my big fat not-quite-lying mouth.
James Patterson
How about you, Rafe?" she asked when Georgia finally took a breath. "What do you think of middle school so far?" "Well," I said, "it's not as bad as I thought it was going to
James Patterson
I decided that every rule in the Hills Village Middle School Code of Conduct should be worth a certain number of points, depending on how hard it was to break. Of course, this meant I could get into some serious trouble, so I decided to make that worth a bunch of points too.
James Patterson
of all, it needed a name. I thought about it for a while and came up with Operation R.A.F.E., which stands for: Rules Aren't For Everyone
James Patterson
Now Mom was working double shifts at the diner all the time just to make enough money, and Bear was spending 99 percent of his time on our couch, except maybe to go to the bathroom or to collect his stupid unemployment check.
James Patterson
Don't worry, I didn't forget I'm a loser, Loser, I said as I zoomed down the hall. DID YOU JUST CALL ME A LOSER? Bear roared back.
James Patterson
School was unbelievable, I said. I kind of, well, sort of, met this amazing girl, and then I set off the fire alarm during an assembly- Okay, that's not what I really said, but it wouldn't have mattered if I did. Bear's not exactly a good listener.
James Patterson
I opened up my copy of the Code of Conduct and turned to Section 11, Rule 3: "Students shall not tamper with smoke or fire alarms under any circumstances." Then I took Leo's pen and drew a line right through it. That felt pretty good too. One rule down and… well, all the rest to go.
James Patterson
Everyone remain calm! Line up with your teachers and proceed in an orderly fashion to the nearest exits. I'm not sure who she was talking to. It looked like the whole school was already out here in the hall. And in the parking lot. And on the soccer field. And on the basketball courts.
James Patterson
And I pulled the alarm.
James Patterson
By the time we got to Section 6 {"Grounds for Expulsion"}, my brain was turning into guacamole, and I'm pretty sure my ears were
James Patterson
And because I'm the world's biggest idiot sometimes, I didn't look back when I went to sit in my chair. Which is why I hit the dirt as I went down-all the way down-to the floor. The good news? Given the way things had started off, I figured middle school could only get better from here.
James Patterson
You've already seen what I look like, so you can probably guess which one I chose. As soon as I got to homeroom, I went straight for the back row and sat as far from the teacher's desk as possible. There was just one problem with that plan, and his name was Miller. Miller the Killer, to
James Patterson
so imagine the day your great-great-grandmother was born. Got it? Now go back another hundred years or so. And then another hundred. That's about when they built Hills Village Middle School. Of course, I think it was a prison for Pilgrims back then, but not too much has changed. Now it's a prison for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders.
James Patterson
This is what I actually looked like when I got to school that first morning of sixth grade.
James Patterson
Are you basically a pretty good, pretty decent person? Says who? Says you? Says your 'rents? Says your sibs?
James Patterson
there, but it was some half-assed firework or
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troubled. I hope I'm wrong. But I really need to run along. It was nice meeting you, Graham." {Editor's"
James Patterson
I can see why you, sir, are the champ. You bully without regard to race, religion, creed, national origin, or physical abilities. You are an equal-opportunity tormentor.
James Patterson
Stevie Kosgrov punched me just like I was a regular, normal kid
James Patterson
She sugared and milked
James Patterson
What? says Kosgrov. You think I won't lay you out just because you're stuck in a wheelchair, funny boy? Yeah, I say. Pretty much. Turns out I'm pretty wrong.
James Patterson
One today is worth two tomorrows.
James Patterson
I listened to the 911 tape. The caller had a British accent and sounded scared. In fact, the fear in her voice and whatever she wasn't saying were more alarming than what she said.
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shipshape honeymoon hotel.
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We is so much better than I.
James Patterson
Because there's a big hole in their brains where most people have a conscience.
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