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Who Needs Third Grade? (Tales from Third Grade)
Who Needs Third Grade - Tales from Third Grade Author:Candice F. Ransom Eight-year-old Amber, still adjusting to her parents' divorce, starts third grade and finds herself torn with jealousy over the new girl Delight, who seems to be stealing away Amber's best friend Mindy.
Amber Cantrell can't wait to start third grade! She's sure she'll be the most popular girl in the class. And everyone will want to join the stuffed-animal club she's started with her best friend Mindy.
Then Amber meets her new classmate, Delight Wakefield. Not only does she have a special name, but Delight has beautiful, honey-colored hair that is long enough to sit on! It seems that everyone--even Mindy--wants to be Delight's best friend.
Who needs third grade? thinks Amber. But what can she do? At last, Amber thinks of the perfect solution--quit third grade, once and for all!