Merci Suárez Can't Dance

Merci Suárez Can't Dance — page 1 — FOR MERCI FANS WHO WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

Merci Suárez Can't Dance — page 2 — 82 75 67 63 37 26 22 8 5 3 2 Title Page Dedication Contents Table of Contents 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 79 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 89 Chapter 19 91 Chapter 20 95 Chapter 21 100 Chapter 22 105 16 31 46 50 54 59 70

Merci Suárez Can't Dance — page 3 — Chapter 23 Chapter 24 111 113 Chapter 25 117 Chapter 26 120 Chapter 27 127 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 130 132 Chapter 30 140 Chapter 31 145 Chapter 32 151 Chapter 33 155 Chapter 34 161 Chapter 35 168 Chapter 36 173 Chapter 37 176 Chapter 38 179 Chapter 39 182 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 188 185 Chapter 42 192 Chapter 43 198 Chapter 44 201 Chapter 45 206 Chapter 46 209 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 215 217 220 Acknowledgments 226

Merci Suárez Can't Dance — page 4 — CHAPTER 1 IT WAS MISS MCDANIELS'S IDEA for me and Wilson Bellevue to work together in the Ram Depot a job that nobody wants For the record I applied for an anchor spot on the morning announcements with my best friend Lena But wouldn't you know it Darius Ulmer's parents decided it was time he addressed his shyness issues so he got the job instead Anyway when Miss McDaniels called Wilson and me to her office neither one of us had any idea what she wanted which should have been a big warning right there We sat on the wooden bench near her desk at 8:15 sharp just like her note said since being late is the quickest way to get on her bad side It's why some kids call her Stopwatch behind her back Talk about awkward Wilson and I had nothing much to say as we waited I only knew him from PE and earth science the quiet kid with freckles across his nose and reddish hair he wears natural I had noticed his walk too He swings one hip forward so his right leg can clear the ground He says it doesn't hurt or anything He was born that way he told us last year during one of those annoying icebreaker activities we're all subjected to on the first day of school Anyway we hadn't really talked much this year The only other intel I had was that his family is Cajun and Creole from Louisiana He told us that when he brought gumbo to the One World food festival when we were in the sixth grade and it was pretty good if you didn't mind breaking into a full body sweat from the spices Miss McDaniels grabbed her key ring and made us follow her down the hall toward the cafeteria our loafers squeaking in the quiet halls A few minutes later we stood in front of the Ram Depot formerly known as the custodial supply closet before Mr. Vong and his equipment 5

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