Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl - Barbara Park [9]
The audience chuckled at us very happy.
Room Nine chuckled back at them.
After that, all of us sat in special chairs. And both of the teachers talked and talked some more.
And then, it finally happened!
Mrs. started to call our names! And one by one we walked up on the stage. And we got our diplomas!
And good news!
Paulie Allen Puffer did not bow real silly. And Lynnie did not step on people's heels. And shy William did not run away.
It was the time of our life, I tell you!
I felt a billion feet tall up there.
When Mrs. gave me my diploma, she shook my hand real nice.
“I'm going to miss you, Junie B. Jones,” she said. “You are truly one of a kind.”
“Thank you, Mrs.,” I said. “You are truly one of a kind, too.”
After that, my grampa Frank Miller did a loud whistle. And Mother and Daddy clapped very proud.
And here is the happiest news of all!
When graduation was over, Room Nine did not even have to say good-bye to each other! Because all of us are coming back to this same school for first grade! So we can play at recess, just like Mother said!
And guess what else?
I can't wait to see those guys again!
Because we will be friends forever and forever.
And always and always.
And I mean it.
Barbara Park says:
When I wrote the first adventure of Junie B. Jones, my plan was to keep her in kindergarten forever. ‘Almost six’ seemed exactly the right age for a spunky little girl who could almost keep her slightly outrageous personality under control … but not quite.
Then, little by little, I began to change my mind. After all, part of the fun of going to school is knowing that your hard work will be rewarded at the end of the year by a promotion to the next grade level. And Junie B. has definitely come a long way since the first day she rode the ‘stupid smelly bus’ to kindergarten.
So hurray! Graduation Day has finally arrived for Room Nine! And, of course, when Junie B. Jones is part of the ceremony, things almost go smoothly … but not quite.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2001 by Barbara Park
Illustrations copyright © 2001 by Denise Brunkus
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Park, Barbara.
Junie B. Jones is a graduation girl / by Barbara Park ;
illustrated by Denise Brunkus.
p. cm. — “A Stepping Stone book.”
SUMMARY: Junie B. Jones has just turned six and is looking forward to her kindergarten graduation, but when grape juice stains the white gown she couldn't resist trying on, she is afraid graduation is ruined.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89441-1
[1. Kindergarten—Fiction. 2. Schools—Fiction.]
I. Brunkus, Denise, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.P2197 Jtwg 2001 [Fic]—dc21 00-045975
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