For Ages
6 to 9

Super Surprise is a part of the Zigzag Kids collection.

This week the kids at the Zigzag Afternoon Center are being creative, and trying new things. But that's not so easy for Destiny. All of her ideas turn into disasters—until she finds out what a good poet she is. 

The sixth book in award-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff's Zigzag Kids series captures all the excitement of new friends and after-school fun.

An Excerpt fromSuper Surprise

Chapter 1

Friday

Destiny Washington raced along the hall. She was on her way to the school library. It was movie time at the Zigzag Afternoon Center. And after that, Ms. Katz, her favorite teacher, had promised a surprise.

But wait.

A sign was tacked up on the wall.

Destiny squinted at the sign. Too bad she wasn’t such a great reader.

RHYME TIME BEGINS. JOIN RIGHT IN!

“Rrrrrrr . . . ,” she whispered.

Rhinoceros?

No good.

That animal wouldn’t even fit in the school.

She stood on one foot. “That R word is one tough baby,” she said.

Gina came up behind her. “Are you talking to yourself?”

Destiny crossed her fingers. “Just humming.”

Gina pointed to the sign. “I’m going to join right in.”

“Me too,” Destiny said.

Hmmm. Join in what? she wondered.

Gina kept going down the hall.

“Rrrrr . . .” Destiny spelled it out: “R-H-Y-M-E.”

And then she had it. She really did!

Rainbow!

She couldn’t believe it. She’d sounded out one of the hardest words in the world.

That was it. They’d all be rainbows next week!

She’d wear her best butterfly bow. It was red and green and orange, her favorite color.

But she had to hurry.

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