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I was tenth, and when Mrs. Page called out my word, I spelled:“Capital M-I-S-S, capital A-L-A-I-N-E-U-S,“ and added, “the woman on green spaghetti boxes whose hair is the color of uncooked pasta and turns into spaghetti at the ends.“
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Miss Alaineus, A Vocabulary
Disaster is a hilarious romp through the
usually not-so-funny world of vocabulary. Sage misses school due to a cold
and from there the misunderstanding begins. But “miscellaneous” is
finally revealed for the word it truly is, and Sage manages to redeem herself
in a marvelous and inspiring creative leap.
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To my astonishment: great
shock and amazement, I won
a gold trophy for The Most Original Use of a Word in the Tenth Annual Vocabulary
Parade.
So this time Mom was right. There was gold in this mistake. And next year
I think I'm going to be... |
Awards for Miss Alaineus, A Vocabulary
Disaster
- International Reading Association Children’s
Choice Award
- International Reading Association Teacher’s
Choice Award
- Offspring Magazine, Best Book of the Year
- Oprah’s Summer Reading
List Selection
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