Not Smooth or Shiny 

2021-22 6th Grade Public Purpose Books

At the end of the day, Mr. Kiro took roll but Gale was missing. Suddenly they heard a muffled cry from the mountain.

Eliot looked up and saw Gale stuck in a cave that had caved in so that she was trapped like a mouse in a mouse trap. The only way to get to her was by a steep rocky slope.&nbsp;

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On one bitter Thursday morning 3 days later Eliot decided he would go to school. He walked into the classroom and suddenly he became the center of attention. He got bullied all the time. His classmates tripped him and fired insults one after another like rain that would never stop pouring.

When the bell rang, he walked back inside. He ambled into the classroom and everyone stared and treated him like he was diseased. They stayed away and never talked to him, ever.&nbsp;

One day at Greenfield elementary in Class 3B, a new student arrived. His name was Eliot. He was shy and quiet. He mumbled at the front of the class, telling where he was from and why he came to Greenfield. Mr Kiro told him to sit down in his chair. Eliot stood at the front of the class frozen in place by an invisible force.

He looked at his classmates and saw smooth, shiny, green, dinosaurs. He looked at himself and saw a rough, bumpy, purple dinosaur. Finally Eliot slumped into his chair and the day of classes began.&nbsp;

and played in the trees as they danced in the breeze.&nbsp;

At recess, Eliot was playing on the swing and his classmate Akira came over to him. Akira told Eliot to get off the swing so that he could use it. Eliot was uneasy and a little bit frightened.

He moved aside because he was not interested in swinging, and he didn’t want to cause conflict.&nbsp;

He gathered his stuff and went home. He felt sick and refused to go to school for 3 days.&nbsp;

He didn’t like being different from his classmates. He felt out of place.&nbsp;

Alice was the fastest, so she tried, but she could not get up. She kept slipping.&nbsp; Charlie was the smartest but they fell as well. Lamaria was the shiniest dinosaur but she was afraid of heights. Eliot knew he was the only one who could do it. He raised his hand and started climbing

One pleasant Friday morning, Mr. Kiro told the class that they were going on a trip to Mt. Evermore to observe the plants. They all loaded onto a big bright bus.&nbsp;

He climbed up and up and up. He reached the top. He felt like he was on top of the world. He tied the rope to Gale and lowered her down. He was a hero. His classmates congratulated him; they never treated him like an outcast ever again. Eliot knew that being different was ok, he was different and he loved it. He couldn't be green but he could be purple. He wasn't shiny but he was bumpy. He was different and that is ok what mattered was what was inside because he and his classmates all had a good personality.

This book is dedicated to all of my friends but especially, Amelia, Eliot, and Austin who shine their special lights bright

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