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    Just Grace
    Just Grace
    Just Grace
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    Just Grace

    By Charise Mericle Harper

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    The third-grader Grace Stewart gets stuck with the name “Just Grace” when she tries to distinguish herself from the three other Graces in her class. Grace is plenty different, though. She has a “teeny-tiny superpower,” for instance—she can tell if someone is unhappy and often tries to fix it. When she concocts an elaborate scheme to help her neighbor Mrs. Luther feel less lonely, however, her good intentions backfire rather dramatically. Headlines such as “What Happened At Home That Was Completely Surprising” and “Spying For A Good Reason Is Not Bad” keep things lively, as do various lists (“Boy Things,” “Rooms You Can Jump In”), comic strips, and the author’s cartoonish spot art. A funny glimpse into a third-grader’s madcap world of dashed hopes, perceived enemies, possible friends, cats, and sandwiches.

    Don’t miss the Just Grace website www.justgracebooks.com with its superpower quiz, podcasts, excerpts, and downloads . . . or the other books in the Just Grace series: Still Just Grace, Just Grace Goes Green, Just Grace Walks the Dog, Just Grace and the Snack Attack, Just Grace and the Terrible Tutu, and Just Grace and the Double Surprise!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 18, 2008
    ISBN9780547348865
    Just Grace
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    Charise Mericle Harper

    Charise Mericle Harper is the author and illustrator of many books for children, including the Just Grace series and the Next Best Junior Chef series. Charise lives in Oregon. Visit Charise at chariseharper.com and on Twitter at @ChariseHarper.

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      Just Grace - Charise Mericle Harper

      Copyright © 2007 by Charise Mericle Harper

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, 195 Broadway, New York, NY 10007.

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      The illustrations are pen and ink drawings digitally colored in Photoshop.

      The Library of Congress has catalogued the print edition as follows:

      Harper, Charise Mericle.

      Just Grace / written and illustrated by Charise Mericle Harper.

      p. cm.

      Summary: Misnamed by her teacher, seven-year-old Just Grace prides herself on being empathetic, but when she tries to help a neighbor feel better, her good intentions backfire.

      [1. Empathy—Fiction. 2. Neighbors—Fiction. 3. Schools—Fiction.] I. Title.

      PZ7.H231323Jus 2007

      [Fic]—dc22

      2006017062

      ISBN 978-0-618-64642-5 hardcover

      ISBN 978-0-547-01440-1 paperback

      eISBN 978-0-547-34886-5

      v6.0821

      For my Mother,

      who is full of grace.

      I Did Not Get To Be

      1. I did not get to be the helper to Mister Magic the Magician at my very own (so it should have been me) sixth birthday party because Sammy Stringer spit purple grape juice all over my special white shirt with a big six on it, and I had to change it right when Mister Magic was starting up.

      Mom said she was sure it was an accident, but I just know that spitting is pretty much an on-purpose thing, and it is almost impossible to forgive someone for something on purpose even if it was almost three years ago, which is a very long time.

      2. I did not get to be a singing and dancing corncob in the Thanksgiving play because I was the only girl tall enough to fit into the tree costume who didn’t cry real boo-hoo baby tears when she was asked, Could you please not be a corncob, because what we really, really need is a tree and we already have way more than enough corncobs.

      I will not say who cried big tears, and is probably a good actress because two seconds after she found out I was going to be the tree she was all smiles, because I am not a tattletale-type person. But I will say that I do not like her even one tiny bit, and that when she is not doing her acting, her true self is a Big Meanie!

      Mom said I was a great tree even though I didn’t get to say anything and Mr. Franks kept whispering at me to stop moving my arm branches around so much—he didn’t think it should be a windy day. But if you are a tree it is boring to stand there super still with your arms out on each side doing nothing.

      3. I did not get to be in the talent night at school and show off the photos I took with my new camera because I was sick with the stomach flu and was throwing up.

      Aurora Gambit won a first-prize blue ribbon for her photos of flowers, which were okay, but my cat photos are way better and would have for sure taken her first-prize ribbon right away. Plus, she could be happy with the second-prize ribbon because it is red and that is one of her favorite colors because she says that red things look good with her orangish hair.

      Sammy Stringer got an honorable mention green ribbon for his paintings of dog poop, which is totally unbelievable and gross!

      4. But the biggest I-did-not-get-to-be of my life, ever, happened right at school in front of everybody in the whole third grade class. I did not get to be called Grace, which is an okay thing if your name is Tania or Ruth or Jordan but totally 100 percent unfair if you are me and your name is Grace, which mine is.

      I didn’t tell Mom because I knew she’d be mad and call the school, and you can’t have your mom call the school unless something really bad happens, like maybe someone mean pushes you down and it breaks three of your front teeth, or else everybody will think you are a big baby and a complainer. And I am not either of those two things!

      There are four girls named Grace in my class. Miss Lois, our new teacher, said, We’ll have to do something about that. It’s too confusing with all you Graces.

      Then she said, Grace Wallace, you will be Grace W. Grace Francis can be Grace F., and Grace Landowski can be Grace L.

      Right then Grace L. stood up and said, Pretty please, Miss Lois, can I be Gracie instead of Grace L.?

      I knew I was next, so I said, "And I want

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