“Mrs Sprat, wasn’t Miss Porter wonderful?” asked Hannah hopefully.
“Yes, she was.” Mrs Sprat smiled at Hannah before turning to Miss Porter. “Perhaps I was rather too hasty in telling you to leave. You may have your job back, but only if you behave yourself! No more turning into a dragon during school hours. No more crisps. Promise?”
“I promise . . .” said Miss Porter, adding under her breath, “I promise I’ll try!”
“Miss Porter, can I have a ride please?” Barry pleaded. “Me too! Me too!”
“Er, I don’t think Mrs Sprat would be too happy about that,” said Miss Porter.
“We’ve got about thirty minutes before we have to set off, so why not?” Mrs Sprat surprised us all by saying.
Miss Porter gave everyone in the class a ride on her back, over the sea and along the beach until the crisps wore off and she turned back into our teacher.
By the time we got back to the coach, we’d all had the most wonderful time, ever. We got back onto the coach and sang songs all the way home. Even Mrs Sprat joined in. It was terrific. I didn’t mind getting wet if it meant Miss Porter could still be our teacher. Miss Porter had a secret that only the others in my class and the headmistress knew, and that was the way it was going to stay.
So just think! All that happened in my first week at school. I can’t wait for next week!
THE END
About the Author
Malorie Blackman is acknowledged as one of today’s most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. The novels in her Noughts & Crosses sequence have won several awards, including the Children’s Book Award, and she has won many other awards for her books for the Random House list. Both Hacker and Thief! won the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 Award – Malorie is the only author to have won this award twice – while Hacker also won the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award in 1994. Her work has appeared on screen, with Pig-Heart Boy, which was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, being adapted into a BAFTA-award-winning TV serial. Malorie has also written a number of titles for younger readers.
In 2005, Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children’s books.
In 2008, she was then honoured with an OBE for her services to Children’s Literature.
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