The Great 12

By:
Ariana Hudson,
Ari Jefferson,
Kayden Hooker, and
Nuha Kedir
Illustrated By:
Jannika Peralta and Ariana Hudson

Dedication

We dedicate this book to Ariana's imagination, Ari J's older sister, Jannika's drawing skills, Kayden's typing skills, and Nuha's family and friends.

One day Paige-Anne asked her mom “When do I get a sister or brother?” Angela replied “ I wouldn't know.” 4 months later, she went to the doctors and found out Paige was having a little sister. Angela had a name for her. Angela really liked this name for a very long time, her name was going to be Amelie. Angela and Paige were so excited about the baby.

They spent most of the time shopping for cute baby clothes. Angela didn't care how much she spent on the baby. She wanted Amelie to have a beautiful life. The time came, 2001 was the year Amelie was born. A few years after Amelie was born, Angela found out that she was having Ryan.

A few years back, Angela met a guy at high school, his name was Johnathan. A few years after they met they got married. Ryan was 3 when his mom got married. Paige was 7 and Amelie was 5. Many years later, Jonathan and Angela decided to adopt siblings.

They adopted 9 year old Skylar Cameron, and Skylar got used to the family very quickly. Soon after that, they found that they were having twins. It took forever to come up with names but it worked. They said if it was a boy and a girl their names would be Ivan and Ivy. If it was two girls it would be Neveah and Heaven. And if it was two boys their names would be Ethan and Aiden.

When they found out the genders they were surprised. They were having a boy and a girl. They were fraternal twins, of course. Paige turned 17 and she got the best gift ever, she got her dream car. It was a white and pink convertible.

Ryan thought she was crazy but Amelie loved it even more than Paige did. Amelie pleaded and pleaded for her own. “ Mom….Dad…. please, please, please!!”Amelie pleaded. Mom almost agreed. “Listen, you're almost 16 and haven't taken your driving test yet. Maybe I'll consider taking you tomorrow.”

Amelie screamed at the top of her lungs AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.” a month later, she took her test, she passed! But hours after Angela was rushed to the hospital she had Ivan and Ivy. The family loved them. Paige took the family everywhere. Mom and Dad were shopping most of the time. It is very hard to shop for 11 kids, you would think they would be broke by now but luckily for them, Jonathan has a good job as a surgeon. Being a surgeon pays enough money to buy clothes for more than 9 people and pay bills. 5 months later they started losing money. So Angela put Ivy and Ivan in daycare. Paige was the only one that could really drive. Angela and Jonathan didn’t trust Amelie with kids in the car with her.

At 7 months she was crawling. In 2018 she had her 2nd birthday. She had a party, all her family came, even Granny Carter. She wasn't the youngest at the time. She had a little brother on the way. A few hours later, everyone left, all the kids were exhausted.

Paige was going to college that year. Amelie was in the last year of high school. Ryan was a sophomore in high school. Skylar was starting high school. Cameron was going to 2nd grade. Ivan and Ivy were starting pre-school. A few months later, the baby was born, the baby was a boy and his name was River. This meant that Harmony Ranae was no longer the baby of the family. Harmony Ranae didn’t like that but luckily she liked River. They got along pretty well.

River turned 1 and had to share a room with Harmony Ranae. Most of the kids had to get combined rooms because they were getting ready to move. The year was 2020, they saved up for a new house. They got the biggest house they could afford. It was definitely bigger than their last house. Amelie had a room with Ryan.

Angela and Jonathan didn’t trust Amelie with kids in the car with her. After school Paige picked up Ivy and Ivan from daycare, Amelie, Ryan, Cameron, and Skylar took the bus home. Paige had to babysit the twins until the rest of the family came home. At this point, Amelie, Cameron, and Paige had to get jobs. Cameron swept the floor at Amelie's job.

Cameron makes twenty dollars a day. Amelie made $50 a day and Paige made a hundred a day, Paige had the best paying job. They all made about one-thousand together in a week. This is not nearly enough money to buy clothes for eleven people! Angela got a job at Gucci and makes nearly three-thousand and six-hundred a week.

It's enough to pay for bills, the kids already had enough clothes. A few years later Harmony Ranae was born. was the most stressful year. But luckily Harmony Ranae was an angel. She was able to make her bed, she could talk but not so well.