Clementine and the Spring Trip
by Sara Pennypacker
For Clementine, spring is a really big deal. It's the time for seeing
her apple tree start to grow, for watching her friend Margaret go crazy
with spring cleaning, and for going on the school trip to Plimoth
Plantation. Clementine is ready for Ye Olden Times, but she isn't so
sure about surviving lunch there-the fourth graders have strict rules
about no eating sounds. (What is
snicking, anyway? ) If that wasn't enough, Clementine also faces the
challenges of learning Olive-language and surviving The Cloud on Bus 7.Hearing
the pilgrim lady talk about why she made the long journey from England
makes Clementine think about rules. Who makes them, and what do they
mean to the people who have to live with them? Today Clementine has to
decide which rules are made to be broken.
her apple tree start to grow, for watching her friend Margaret go crazy
with spring cleaning, and for going on the school trip to Plimoth
Plantation. Clementine is ready for Ye Olden Times, but she isn't so
sure about surviving lunch there-the fourth graders have strict rules
about no eating sounds. (What is
snicking, anyway? ) If that wasn't enough, Clementine also faces the
challenges of learning Olive-language and surviving The Cloud on Bus 7.Hearing
the pilgrim lady talk about why she made the long journey from England
makes Clementine think about rules. Who makes them, and what do they
mean to the people who have to live with them? Today Clementine has to
decide which rules are made to be broken.