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    The Beach Dilemma
    The Beach Dilemma
    The Beach Dilemma
    Ebook52 pages27 minutesEmma Just Medium

    The Beach Dilemma

    By Laura Wiltse Prior and Marta Kissi

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    Middle-kid Emma is stuck between her two brothers, again.

    She has to ride in the middle seat as her family heads out on a weeklong beach vacation with friends, where Emma knows that being just medium will only get worse! Then she has an idea. What if she could get out of being in the middle by taking on a new role? What if she acted BIG? Will Emma's plan work, or will she have another huge dilEmma?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2023
    ISBN9781947159631
    The Beach Dilemma
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    Laura Wiltse Prior

    Laura Wiltse Prior is a middle grade author who loves cookie dough, reading, and tennis. She lives and writes in Connecticut with her husband and three kids, the inspiration for her stories.

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      The Beach Dilemma - Laura Wiltse Prior

      Chapter 1

      Emma’s Dilemma

      Emma cuddled in bed with Emmaphant. She listened to the raindrops plop outside. Today her family was driving to a beach vacation with the Farber family. Just like every year.

      Let’s go! Let’s go! rang from the hallway.

      Emma giggled. Her dad made up silly songs for everything. She knew what came next.

      All images are black and white illustrations. Emma lays in bed with arms raised in a stretch. She is smiling and her eyes are closed. An elephant stuffed animal lays in bed to her left.

      Let’s start the show! she sang back.

      All the boys, gather your toys! Dad called, keeping the tune going.

      I don’t have toys anymore, Dad, I’m ten! a voice yelled, ruining the song. It was Emma’s older brother, who everyone called ‘Big’. Big used to sing along with Dad. He didn’t do that anymore. Lately he was too old for lots of stuff that Emma still liked.

      Daddy, get may toys! shouted Emma’s younger brother, whose nickname was ‘Little’. Little wanted to play with Emma sometimes, but he was too young to understand most of her games. He mostly knocked things over.

      That was the thing that bothered Emma. Big and Little’s nicknames described them perfectly. Emma’s nickname was different. Probably because everyone felt bad calling her ‘Just Medium’ or ‘Middle’. Emma knew that was who she was anyway.

      Emma Bemma, be a star, while your father packs the car, Dad rhymed, walking into her room. He wore his yellow starfish shirt, the one he always wore for a beach vacation.

      Emma rolled out of bed. She put on the clothing she picked out the night before—green shorts, green socks and a green shirt. It was too bad that when she said green it came out like gween no matter how much she practiced. Big always made fun of her for it. It would have been much easier if blue was her favorite

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