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bras？

Kim　Swanson　snickered　discreetly　as　she　scrawled　something　on　Jessica　Soames？s　desk。　Jenny

put　down　her　pencil　and　rested　her　forehead　on　her　arms；　her　curly　dark　hair　cascading　in　little

ringlets　all　over　her　desk。　If　she　sent　Waverly　theW　spread　and　the　excerpt　from　Page　Six；　she？d

be　the　talk　of　the　school　before　she　even　arrived。　That　was　one　way　of　getting　people？s　attention；

but　then　everyone　would　be　so　full　of　preconceived　notions　about　her；　she？d　never　change　their

minds。　Better　to　earn　her　reputation　and　demand　people？s　notice　once　she　got　there。

Ahead　of　her　was　a　bizarre　summer　in　Prague　with　her　mother；　attending　some　famous　Czech　art

camp？something　she？d　mitted　to　over　Passover　under　the　influence　of　too　much

Manischewitz　wine。　Her　dad　had　reminded　her　last　week；　when　she？d　thought　she？d　at　least　have

boarding　school　to　look　forward　to　in　the　fall；　but　now　she　wasn？t　so　sure。

？Two；　four；　six；　eight；　only　four　more　days　till　we　graduate！？a　group　of　seniors　shrieked

excitedly　in　the　hall　outside　the　biology　lab。　Then　the　bell　rang　and　Jenny？s　classmates　threw　their

pencils　in　the　air　and　started　hugging　one　another　and　signing　yearbooks。　Even　Elise　came　over　to

ask　for　Kim　Swanson？s　signature　in　her　yearbook；　and　she？d　despised　Kim　ever　since　Kim　had

spread　the　awful　rumor　that　Elise　had　been　born　deformed　and　had　had　a　hump　in　her　back

removed　when　she　was　two。

？Summertime；？Roni　Chang　began　to　sing　in　her　glee…club…trained　falsetto；？and　the　living　is

easy！？

Jenny　wished　she　could　share　their　excitement。　After　all；　this　was　her　last　exam。　She　was　done

for　the　year！　Three　long　summer　months　awaited　her　in　Europe