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    Sophie's Friendship Fiasco
    Sophie's Friendship Fiasco
    Sophie's Friendship Fiasco
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    Sophie's Friendship Fiasco

    By Nancy N. Rue

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    Sophie’s learning about medieval codes of honor in seventh grade honors class—and in life. Sophie’s shaved her head to empathize with a gravely ill friend, but negative assumptions and cruel teasing have her trying to deflect the attention with humor—and wisecracking always seems to land her in trouble! In the meantime, Sophie takes action to prevent another of the Pops’ mean schemes—but to do so, she lies about her friends and loses them as a result. When she finally understands the true intention of a code of honor, Sophie learns another absolute truth: God expects us to be completely honest—especially with ourselves. But if we fail, He forgives us. When Sophie comes clean, her best friends come around. She thwarts the Pops and gains the respect of her teachers, too.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateDec 15, 2009
    ISBN9780310568230
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    Nancy N. Rue

    Nancy Rue has written over 100 books for girls, is the editor of the Faithgirlz Bible, and is a popular speaker and radio guest with her expertise in tween and teen issues. She and husband, Jim, have raised a daughter of their own and now live in Tennessee.

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      Sophie's Friendship Fiasco - Nancy N. Rue

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      Sophie’s Friendship Fiasco

      Previously titled Sophie Breaks the Code

      Copyright © 2005, 2009 by Nancy Rue

      All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of Zondervan.

      ePub Edition September 2009 ISBN: 978-0-310-56823-0

      This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are products of author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Requests for information should be addressed to:

      Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Rue, Nancy N.

      [Sophie breaks the code]

      Sophie’s friendship fiasco / Nancy Rue.

             p. cm. — (Sophie series; bk. 7) (Faithgirlz!)

      Summary: When Sophie’s efforts to protect her friends from a group of mean-spirited popular girls lead to misunderstandings at home and at school, she turns to Jesus for help.

      ISBN 978-0-310-71842-0 (softcover)

      [1. Bullies—Fiction. 2. Conduct of life—Fiction. 3. Imagination—Fiction. 4. Middle schools—Fiction. 5. Schools—Fiction. 6. Christian life—Fiction. 7. Virginia—Fiction.] I. Title.

      PZ7.R88515Skf 2009

      [Fic] — dc22                                                                                                2009003015

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      Zonderkidz is a trademark of Zondervan.

      Interior art direction and design: Sarah Molegraaf

      Cover illustrator: Steve James

      Interior design and composition: Carlos Estrada and Sherri L. Hoffman

      So we fix our eyes not on what is seen,

      but on what is unseen.

      For what is seen is temporary,

      but what is unseen is eternal.

      — 2 Corinthians 4:18

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      Sophie LaCroix groaned out loud in the hallway of Great Marsh Middle School. Can I just say I loathe PE class? she said.

      "Is loathe a Fiona word?" Kitty said as she linked her arm through Sophie’s. She giggled, the way she did at the end of almost every sentence.

      What’s it mean? said Maggie, who hardly ever giggled.

      Fiona pushed aside the stubborn strip of golden-brown hair that was always falling over one eye and continued to lead the way down the hall toward the PE locker room. It means ‘hate,’ she said.

      Only it sounds smarter, said Darbie, who had an Irish accent. She gave a firm nod, making her own reddish bangs dance on her forehead.

      I don’t feel very smart in this class, Sophie said. Coach Yates is always yelling at me — and every time I try to explain something to her, my voice comes out all squeaky.

      The Corn Flakes grinned at each other.

      Your voice always comes out all squeaky, Maggie said in her that’s-a-fact way.

      That’s just you, Soph, Fiona said. You’re just you, and we’re all just us.

      Sophie managed a little bit of a smile. Just being them was what made them the Corn Flakes. Other people might think they were ditzy and flaky and say the things they did were corny. But the Corn Flakes knew better.

      Hey, Cue Ball! somebody yelled. Sophie felt her smile snap away.

      Get Kitty into the locker room! Darbie said.

      Willoughby and Fiona unlatched Kitty from Sophie, and Maggie shoved the three of them through the door with Darbie on their heels, just as Sophie felt her quilted hat being plucked off her head. She grabbed at her glasses so they wouldn’t go too.

      Catch, Eddie! Colton Messik cried.

      Sophie saw Eddie Wornom’s belly bulge out from under his shirt as he jumped up and caught Sophie’s hat. Ewww, she thought. Eddie hurled it at Tod Ravelli, whose face came to its usual point as he slam-dunked the hat into the trash can.

      Score! Colton’s grin seemed to spread from one stuck-out ear to the other. Hey, Cue Ball, he said to Sophie. You’re bald!

      Like you haven’t told me that a bazillion times, Sophie thought.

      She waited until the boys had shoved each other into their locker room before she went calmly to the trash can and fished out her hat.

      At least they didn’t get to Kitty, she told herself as she pushed it down over her shaved head. That’s all that matters. After all, she couldn’t expect Fruit Loops like them to understand how a Corn Flake could part with all her hair to keep a sick friend from being the only girl in the whole school who was bald.

      When Sophie got to her locker, the other Corn Flakes were almost changed into their PE clothes. Willoughby slung her arm around Sophie’s shoulder and pressed their cheeks together, her almost-dark curls tickling Sophie’s face. She was the only one of them who was short enough to do that — and even she was a few inches taller than tiny Sophie. You’re the best, she said in her bouncy voice.

      Trash can again? Fiona said.

      Sophie rolled her eyes.

      Maggie shook her head at Kitty, so hard that her Cuban-dark hair splashed against her cheeks. Boys are just lame.

      There was a grunt from a few lockers down. Julia Cummings, the tall leader of the Corn Pops, tossed back her auburn hair.

      Someday you’ll grow up and change your mind, Julia said.

      She smirked at Anne-Stuart, one of her fellow popular girls, who gave the usual juicy sniff. She was pale and thin, and Sophie had never known her not to need a Kleenex.

      Grow up? said B.J., the chubby-cheeked Corn Pop. "I don’t think so."

      A girl who had strawberry-blonde hair trailing down her back laughed — way loud — and looked at Julia like a puppy waiting for a treat. She was Cassandra Combs, the newest Corn Pop wannabe.

      Sophie hoped the Pops would leave, but they just went back to putting on lip gloss. Sophie went into slow motion as she turned to the locker she and Kitty shared, dialing each number on the lock with precise care.

      You’re gonna be late one of these days, Maggie said.

      Willoughby went into the arm motions for a cheer. Class won’t be so bad today, Soph. All we’re doing is running the track, and if you keep going Coach Yates won’t yell at you.

      Coach Hates, Fiona put in.

      Sophie kept her eyes away from them. It takes me longer because I’m helping Kitty, she said.

      Kitty peeled off her bright pink T-shirt, revealing the tiny porthole in her chest just above her bra. Kitty had leukemia, and the hole was where a tiny tube had been inserted so the doctors could give her the chemotherapy medicine — which hopefully would stop her disease — through the tube instead of having to give her shots. Sophie crowded in close until Kitty pulled on the white tee with GMMS — for Great Marsh Middle School — sprawled across the front in the red and blue school colors.

      Thanks, Sophie, Kitty whispered as she slipped off the quilted hat that matched Sophie’s. Sophie replaced it at lightning speed with a red bandanna.

      Only when Kitty’s bald head was covered did Sophie step back. So far most of the Corn Pops hadn’t seen the hole or gotten a close-up view of Kitty’s head, and Sophie wanted to keep it that way. Even though chemotherapy had made all Kitty’s hair fall out, Sophie and the Corn Flakes thought Kitty’s naked head made her blue eyes seem bigger and bluer than ever and her tiny nose look even more like a piece of fine china.

      But Sophie knew there would be no end to the Corn Pops’ blurting out things like, I wouldn’t even come to school if I looked like that!

      Just as she always did, Sophie whipped off her own cap like a knight removing his armored helmet at the end of a tournament, revealing

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