"Yeah, a BATTLE!" said William, pulling my arm. "You see that, John?"
I looked up from my desk to see Ms. Chow writing on the board, "Battle of the Books!" She smiled and then said, "Are you ready to go into the battle? Get prepared for it next week!"
"Is it a reading contest?" I was so excited that I forgot to raise my hand first.
"Good question, John!" said Ms. Chow. "It is not a race and you are not going to beat each other. We are not going to see who can read the fastest or the most books, but you are going to form a team of three and then set a reading goal for your team. If your team meet your goal by the end of this month, you will get a prize!"
Even though the prize was something silly, that still sounded pretty good to me. I turned towards William immediately, saying, "Shall we be teammates?"
"Yes, for sure!" he said. William and I liked a lot of the same books, so we could set a goal together.
The bell rang before Ms. Chow could explain any more rules. William and I were about to begin our discussion when Lily passed my desk and said "Teammates?" to William and me. Lily was a girl from Spain and she could read super-fast in both English and Spanish! If we set a goal like reading books by authors from different countries, she could help the team for sure.
"Yeah, of course!" William and I nodded. I had my team! The three of us settled down and started a discussion immediately, trying to figure out what we needed to do to get the prize. Just then, I saw my best friend Tom running towards my desk. I could clearly see the expectation shining in his eyes.
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"John, let's be teammates!" Tom said to me excitedly.
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Hearing what Lily said, we agreed with her suggestion.
