The Cold & Hot Winter

The Cold & Hot Winter — page 3
that nothing exciting was going to happen in his life until his birthday on May 4 Derek turned over in bed restlessly and thought about his best friend and almost next door neighbor Rory Dunn The two boys were in the same fifth grade class at the Woodside Elementary School and they did everything together Chances were that Rory was in his bed at this very moment thinking the very same thoughts that he was Both boys had been counting the days until December 26 Ever since their neighbor Mrs Golding had told them that her great niece Bolivia was coming to visit for a week during the winter recess from school it was all they talked about Although Bolivia Raab was exactly their age Derek and Rory would never have met her if she hadn't spent last summer visiting her relatives in Woodside New Jersey Bolivia lived in upstate New York and until her visit the boys had never heard of her Now months after she returned home they still talked about her all the time Bolivia was unlike any girl they had ever known before