went to the closet and set them in a pencil basket on the shelf
.
She stared into the very back of the back of the closet, where the dark was as soft and as deep as velvet
.
“My best class ever,” she said, pushing up her sparkly glasses
.
Then, after a moment, she said, “You’re right. I do say that every year, don’t I?”
She left the closet, then suddenly turned and declared loudly into the closet, “And every year it’s true!”
Then she closed the closet door for the summer
.
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Text copyright © 2009 by Bonny Becker
Illustrations copyright © 2009 by Amy Portnoy
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Becker, Bonny.
The magical Ms. Plum / Bonny Becker ; illustrated by Amy
Portnoy. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: The students in Ms. Plum’s third-grade class soon learn that there is something very special about their teacher and her classroom’s mysterious supply closet.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89490-9
[1. Teachers—Fiction. 2. Schools—Fiction. 3. Magic—Fiction.
4. Behavior—Fiction.] I. Portnoy, Amy, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.B3814Mag 2009
[Fic]—dc22
2008042682
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