Excellent Emma
Emma is good at many things, but is she good enough to make her father proud? He lives so far away! Maybe her school’s first Winter Games Day will give Emma the much-needed chance to shine, she thinks. To be excellent!
And teaming up with her best friend Annie Pat seems like a great idea. Doesn’t Annie Pat have more awards and prizes than just about anyone? "Sweetest Smile!" "Best Dog Paddle!"
In fact, most of the kids in her class already have so many crazy prizes that the idea of competing in a real sports contest--in front of their parents!--is making them nervous wrecks. Why risk their already-great reputations?
Can the kids in Ms. Sanchez’s funny class make it through Winter Games Day still speaking to one another? And will Emma make her father proud?
"Warner is a dead-on observer of playground politics, and has a great ear for dialogue."
School Library Journal
"This title, like its companion books in the series, is ideal for middle readers and their parents to read together and discuss."
Children’s Literature