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and she enjoyed the energetic twelve-year-old’s opinions. “I could stand here and talk all day, but instead, I’ve found a really great movie for you to see about the state.”
    “Movie time. Oh, yeah!” Dillon clapped really loudly. Ms. Weston was turning out to be one of the best student teachers at Abigail Adams. She never let the class get boring.
    “And you, Mr. Johnson, have the privilege of sitting by me for the whole film. Did you bring popcorn?”
    Everyone laughed and jabbed at Dillon as they lined up to head to the auditorium. Maeve made sure she was beside him in line. Dillon had forgiven Maeve for a disastrous date they’d had, but for some reason, he hadn’t asked for another. If Charlotte could think of one reason for Maeve to change her mind about the trip, it would be the promise of spending the week with Dillon. Although recently, Maeve had also become good friends with Riley. The musician of the class, Riley had started his own rock band with some other seventh graders, and Maeve sometimes joined them as lead singer. Maeve had told the BSG that she and Riley had a lot in common, even if Riley was a little too serious sometimes.
    “He likes to talk about life and stuff,” she had explained to Charlotte.
    “What’s wrong with that?” Charlotte wanted to know.
    “Well, nothing really, I guess,” Maeve had answered. “It’s just that I am too busy to talk about my life. I’d rather dance,” she laughed, executing a perfect dance move. Avery had tried tomimic her but failed so completely that all the BSG cracked up.
    After walking down the hall for a few minutes, Charlotte looked at Isabel and giggled. They seemed to be walking in circles.
    The class got quieter and quieter. Even Dillon said nothing. Nick shrugged his shoulders at Charlotte, but kept his mouth shut. The Yurtmeister just shook his head.
    Finally, after they’d passed the cafeteria for the second time, Charlotte could see a puzzled look on Ms. Weston’s face. Then Katani, Ms. Take Charge, took pity on the student teacher.
    “Ms. Weston,” she whispered, “Do you plan to lead any of the hikes at the camp?”
    “I don’t know. Why do you ask?”
    “Well, for one thing, we’re in the wrong wing for the auditorium. Would you like me to show you where it is?”
    Ms. Weston took a deep breath, her face suddenly matching her pink suede top. “I’d appreciate that, Katani. I was just beginning to realize I’d gotten turned around. I’m not the best with directions. Especially when I’m new to a place.”
    Turned around? Avery turned to the rest of the BSG and mouthed the word: LOST !
    Katani took the lead and marched the class back to the auditorium. As everyone settled into their seats, Avery whispered, “I hope I’m not on Weston’s team. She might be a science whiz, but she is seriously directionally challenged.”
    “We’ll end up deep in the dark woods and have to sleep on the ground until morning.” Charlotte giggled.
    “Maybe on some deserted island where we can practice our survivor skills,” said Nick as he slid in beside Charlotte to watch the movie. Even though they had never been on areal date, Charlotte sometimes wondered what it would be like to go out with him. She thought that being stranded on a deserted island with Nick Montoya might be fun.
    Charlotte Ramsey, she scolded herself, come back to earth right this minute!
    The travel movie made New Hampshire look as beautiful and fascinating as any place Charlotte had ever been, and that took some doing since she had seen some pretty exciting places. She wondered whether each of the fifty states in the United States had such beautiful scenery. Maybe she could set a goal of exploring every state in her lifetime.
    Charlotte dreamed of becoming a writer, maybe even a travel writer, like her dad. But she sometimes wondered whether there would be room in travel books for characters who did klutzy or unexpected things. What if she went to Zambia and