10 Third-Grade Something

Third-Grade Something A-ma-zing! The Bookworms had read their way to the finish. She, Judy Moody, could hardly believe they had won the first ever Book Quiz Blowout. Uber-rare! Mr. Todd presented the Bookworms with the light- up Book Quiz Wizard's Cup. It would soon take a place of honor in the glass case in the Virginia Dare School library. The whole school would be proud of the Bookworms.

Willa, the librarian from Virginia Dare, passed out backpacks to the kids on both teams. Each backpack had a book inside. Judy peeked inside and found her very own copy of Charlotte's Web. "Hey, look," said Jessica Finch, showing Judy the inside front page. "It's signed by a pig!" "That's Wilbur's autograph," said Judy, cracking up. Judy hugged the book to her. With or without a trophy, Judy was in a joyful-on-top-of-spaghetti mood. Because of the Book Quiz Blowout, she had discovered piles of new books. Aisles of new books.

Books. She, Judy Moody, Bookworm, loved to read. Webster's dad, Mr. Gomez, tapped on the microphone. "We thank you all for coming and celebrating reading with us today. We hope both teams and their families and friends will stay for our Bowling Bash. I'm happy to announce that all proceeds today will be donated to Virginia Dare Elementary School and Braintree Academy, to help buy new books for their libraries." Willa the librarian and a man from Braintree Academy stepped up to the front. Mr. Gomez presented them with a giant check that was taller than Stink. It took two people just to hold it. Judy could not believe her eyes. "Rare!" said Judy. "That's the biggest check I've ever seen!" "One million dollars!" yelled Stink, jumping up

and down. Judy counted zeros. "It's one thousand dollars, Stink. Each school gets five hundred dollars." "Oops," said Stink. "Still. That's a lot of new books for the library!" Judy pictured all the new books that would go to the library, with bright, shiny-clean covers and crackling spines. She imagined filling her backpack with brand-spanking-new, never-before-been-read books. At last, Webster, the Bookworm mascot, yelled, "Taco time!" The Bookworms sat down with the Fake-Mustache Defenders. Everybody yakked excitedly about the game while they ate teeny-tiny

silver-dollar tacos. "And don't forget ice-cream tacos for dessert!" Webster told them. Let the Book Quiz Bowling Bash begin! Webster cranked up the music. The regular lights in the bowling alley went out. Sparkly disco lights came on. They flashed and twinkled across the ceiling like stars in the sky. The lanes pulsed with eerie neon colors. The bowling pins glowed zombie- green. Glow-in-the-dark bowling! This was as spooky-exciting as reading about Pippi Longstocking bowling with ghosts in her attic. Cosmic! Webster rolled the first ball. All the pins went tumbling down. Strike! Mighty Fantaskey showed Judy Moody her glowin-the-dark shoelaces. One of the Fake-Mustache Defenders bowled a spare. Stink was happy when he didn't bowl a gutter ball! He was as jazzed as Trombone Shorty when he played the trombone. The Bookworms could have bowled all day. The Bookworms could have bowled till midnight. Too bad midnight was way past their bedtime.

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