Sophie the Awesome (6 page)
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Authors: Lara Bergen
“Yeah, that’s a real hero,” Lily echoed.
Sophie remembered the story their second grade teacher, Mrs. Cruz, had read to them the year before. It was a true story about a stray cat who saved the lives of all her kittens. When the building they lived in caught fire, she carried them out, one by one.
Okay. Yes. Sophie knew the cat was a real hero. But she was, too!
Before Sophie could say anything, Toby Myers spoke up. “You don’t know what you’re talking about,” he told Mindy.
Sophie’s mouth dropped open. She could not believe it.
Was
Toby
standing up for her?
Until last year, this would not have surprised Sophie. Until last year, she and Toby had been best friends. But things changed in second grade. Toby started hanging out with Archie Dolan, and Kate moved to town. Now Sophie and Kate were best friends. And Sophie and Toby could not look at each other.
If they did, they had to stick out their tongues.
But maybe things were changing….
Sophie thought of the day before, when Toby had actually done something
nice
for her. He had not made fun of that day’s name — Sophie the Awesome — at all.
Was it possible? Could Toby actually be coming to his senses?
“Real
heroes save the world from evil aliens and giant asteroids and killer robots!” Toby said. Then he looked at Sophie and stuck out his tongue.
No. Sophie sighed. She guessed he had not changed, after all.
“Yeah!” said Archie. “And heroes have a mutant power.” He pointed at Sophie with a sticky, stubby finger. “What’s your mutant power, Sophie?” he asked.
Toby held his nose. “Super BO!” He laughed.
“Not funny,” Kate said.
But Sophie just rolled her eyes — and secretly sniffed her armpit, just to be sure.
No, she did not have BO. And, yes, no matter what Toby or Archie or Mindy said, Sophie was a hero.
She stuck her own tongue out at Toby.
So there!
Finding the right name isn’t easy!
See what else Sophie tries out….
1: SOPHIE the AWESOME
2: SOPHIE the HERO
3: SOPHIE the CHATTERBOX
4: SOPHIE the ZILLIONAIRE
Just like Sophie,
Lara Bergen
would love to find a name that describes her perfectly … but for now she’ll settle with being
the
author of this great series and many other books for children — and, before that,
the
proud editor of many more. She lives in the Big Apple, New York City, with
the
best husband and two children in the world.
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