Chapter One
: Bad News Brenda
"Macaroni and cheese, please!" eight year old Nancy Drew called out from the lunch line.
"For all of us!" Bess Marvin said.
George Fayne gave Bess a nudge.
" Please!" Bess added quickly.
Bess and George were Nancy's two best friends. They were also cousins who looked very different. George whose real name was Georgia had brown eyes and dark curly hair. Bess had blue eyes and long blond hair.
But all three friends had a lot in common. They were in Mrs. Reynolds's third grade class at Carl Sandburg Elementary School. And they couldn't wait for macaroni and cheese Monday.
Mrs. Enid Carmichael, the lunch lady, stood behind the counter. She wore her usual pink uniform and a hairnet.
"Sorry, girls," Mrs. Carmichael said. "No macaroni and cheese today."
Nancy couldn't believe her ears. "But it's Monday," she said, surprised.
"And I said 'please,'" Bess said.
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