Meet Nikki and Deja, who live next door to each other and are best friends. They do everything together—watch Saturday morning cartoons, play jacks, jump double dutch at recess, and help each other with their homework for Mrs. Shelby's third-grade class. But when an arrogant new girl arrives and Nikki and Deja form a club that would exclude her, the results are not what they expect. This warm, easy-to-read chapter book from an award-winning author captures all the joys and complexities of elementary school life—particularly friendships and cliques—with finesse and humor.
While Ms. Shelby-Ortiz is recovering from an injury, substitute Mr. Willow takes over Nikki and Deja's third-grade class with disastrous results.
Nikki and Deja : substitute trouble / by Karen English ; illustrated by Laura Freeman. p. cm. Summary: While Ms. Shelby-Ortiz is recovering from an injury, substitute Mr. Willow takes over Nikki and Deja's third-grade class with ...
“Can I . . . make some petit fours?" “What?" His total attention is on the replay. “Some petit fours." “Petit fours—what are those?" She knows he's still not really paying attention. “These little cakes." He stops then and looks at her ...
When Carver Elementary holds school-wide elections for the first time, third-grader Deja puts all her efforts into running for school president, ignoring her best friend Nikki's problems.
This is a charming new entry in a chapter book series praised for its humor and authentic characters.
She looks over at her new friend, Casey, who stands up. “We're going to need a table to rest our map on, but we'll tilt it up so that everyone can see.” Antonia flips her long braid over her shoulder, then looks directly at Deja.
When Nikki and her best friend Deja start a newsletter about what is happening on their street and in their school, they focus more on writing exciting stories than on finding the truth.
At recess, Richard is ball monitor. It's almost as good as Gavin being ball monitor, because as soon as they're out on the schoolyard, Richard passes the basketball to Gavin, who dribbles it all the way to the court, doing a really good ...
When her boss Anderson Kane orders her to hunt down his nemesis Konstantin, the deposed leader of the Olympians, Nikki Glass, a descendant of Artemis the Huntress, refuses until she is led to believe Konstantin is responsible for the fire ...
Best friends Nikki and Deja decide to create an exclusive group of their own in order to keep the arrogant new girl in school from gaining access to their clique in this amusing tale about the trials and tribulations of third-graders