Lulu in LA LA Land

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Book: Lulu in LA LA Land Read Free
Author: Elisabeth Wolf
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experiment you can eat. That makes the math part fun.
    SOPHIA
    Lu, I kinda want to make up a recipe by myself.
    LULU
    Hey, we make up all our recipes together. I always help with the measuring equations.
    Sophia picks up a pencil and doodles. She stares at the paper as she talks.
    SOPHIA
    Truth: It’s for YOU! I want to make you a birthday cake. I’m just telling you so you don’t make it yourself. It’s gonna be one of my presents, OK?
    Sophia taps her pencil. Something’s on her mind.
    SOPHIA
    I’m working really hard on the recipe. My mom promised she’d buy the ingredients double so I can bake it one time before I bring it. I…ummmmm…don’t want it to be disgusting for your parents.
    A thunderbolt strikes Lulu! The Spa Bash, now under Alexis’s control, doesn’t seem like the kind of party for homemade anything. For weeks, however, Sophia has been helping Lulu plan the invitations, menu, decorations, and party favors.
    LULU
    Geez peas! That’s soooo sweet, but you and your mom shouldn’t do all that.
    Lulu walks over to the cradle where Watson sleeps and rocks it…faster and faster. Watson opens an eye and growls.
    LULU
    Really, Soph! Elana and I were gonna maybe kinda do a cake. And, besides, seriously NO presents because you know there’s nothing I need! We said…
    (now on firmer footing)
    We PROMISED when we were, what, like six years old, that we’d never give each other gifts.
    Lulu runs out of “Uh-oh, how-do-I-fix-this” energy. She even stops rocking the cradle. It swings to a stop.
    SOPHIA
    No, Lu. What we swore on a mini-mountain of rose petals was that we’d never BUY each other presents. We always make each other presents. Remember, last Christmas, I knitted you a scarf with all those loose stitches? And you grew me that red and white candy-striped amaryllis bulb? You felt awful because at Christmas there wasn’t even a flower bud.
    LULU
    But that was Christmas.
    SOPHIA
    And this is a birthday.
    LULU
    All I’m saying is: being eleven means I am an official tweenager.
    SOPHIA
    (quietly, now hurt and confused)
    I think all you’re saying is you don’t want me to make your birthday cake.
    (thinks a beat)
    Is it because it could come out disgusting and your parents won’t like it? That’s OK, Lu, I want you to have a really good party for them.
    Lulu melts inside. Her stomach feels like it will never be hungry again. That’s always where her nervous confusion ends up…in her stomach. Lulu rubs her left hand over her belly button, thinking she can somehow calm her swirling insides.
    LULU
    It’s not that. I mean, it’s like…well, you know, last year they were in Africa making the Silver Water movie? I absolutely, positively, one hundred percent understood why they couldn’t be with me. Year before, they were…ummm, well, they were busy that year too.
    SOPHIA
    My father’s never, ever been to my birthday…not even the first one. So, Lu, I get it. I’ll do anything to help you make this birthday great so your parents like it.
    LULU
    Really, you’d help me?
    SOPHIA
    (laughing)
    I’ll swear on a mini-mountain of rose and daisy petals. C’mon outside!
    Lulu leans over to hug her best buddy and sees that Sophia has been scribbling pictures of fancy-looking cakes with the words, “Happy Birthday, BFF.”

SCENE 5: Sweet and Sour
    INT. CROSSWINDS SCHOOL, SCIENCE CLASS—TUESDAY

    CUT!! Hey, it’s me, Lulu, and I’ve gotta break in here to tell you about school. We all have to go. I don’t care who you are, where your school is, or if it’s all girls or all boys. The experience can be massively scary. Here’s what I learned about school when I was in first grade: no matter what’s different about you, kids are going to pick on that very thing. If you’re brainy, a little pudgy, or bad at sports (and it just so happens I’m

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