Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal (5 page)

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When I was little, spending the night at a friend’s house for the first time always felt like an adventure. I felt like a spy, almost. So many intriguing questions waiting to be answered.

What was her family like? What did they eat for dinner? Would I like it…or would I have to pretend to sneeze, and then quick spit it into my napkin? How late would I get to stay up? Were the parents nice…or would they yell at me if I got the giggles and couldn’t go to sleep? What did everyone’s pajamas look like? What did they have for breakfast? Were they rich? Whoa! That would be exciting, wouldn’t it? To see how rich people lived?

When I put Junie B. into this position, I was almost as excited as she was. Finally, I’d get to spend the night in a rich person’s house! (Even if it was only in my imagination.)

Needless to say, I was pretty surprised the way everything turned out. Even more surprised than Junie B., who ended up teaching me one of life’s great lessons:
Rich is good…but blueberry pancakes are better
.

Who knew?
”

Text copyright © 1997 by Barbara Park
Illustrations copyright © 1997 by Denise Brunkus
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones is a party animal / by Barbara Park;
illustrated by Denise Brunkus.
  p. cm.
“A Stepping Stone book.”
SUMMARY:
Lucille invites Junie B. and her friend Grace to sleep over at her very rich nanna’s house, where everything is beautiful, expensive, and breakable.
eISBN: 978-0-307-75476-9
[1. Grandmothers—Fiction. 2. Wealth—Fiction.]
I. Brunkus, Denise, ill.  II. Title.
PZ7.P2197Jtwj 1997 [Fic]—dc21 97-17320

A STEPPING STONE BOOK
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