Dory Fantasmagory: Tiny Tough Page 4

  After our final challenge, an obstacle course in the backyard in the dark, we have an awards ceremony. Violet made awards for everyone!

  I get third place.

  Luke gets second place.

  And George gets first place! The gold medal.

  That night, George and I stay up late and eat cookies and nobody ever finds out.

  The next day, Violet makes me a friendship bracelet.

  And then she makes a whole bunch more. “Who are they for?” I ask her.

  “I have a lot of friends,” she says.

  “Really?” I ask.

  “Some real and some imaginary,” she says. She winks at me and smiles.

  THE END.

  Abby Hanlon (www.abbyhanlon.com) is a former teacher. Inspired by her students’ storytelling, she began to write her own stories for children and taught herself to draw. She is the author of Ralph Tells a Story and the Dory Fantasmagory series. The first, Dory Fantasmagory, was an ALA Notable Book, a Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Parents Magazine Best Book, and a Golden Kite Honor Book. The second, The Real True Friend, won a Cybil Award, and the third, Dory Dory Black Sheep, was an ALA Notable Book. Abby lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and their two children.

  *Non–Opposite Day Translation: “Can you do a spell on Mary to shrink her imagination?”

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