Ellray Jakes Walks the Plank (12 page)

MEET ELLRAY JAKES, the smallest kid in Ms. Sanchez’s third grade class. But what EllRay lacks in size, he makes up for in personality. This can get him into trouble, though, which is why his report cards sometimes say,
“BEHAVIOR: NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.”
To help him stay on track, EllRay’s parents propose a family trip to Disneyland if he can stay out of trouble for one week. That should be easy, right?
WRONG!
This is the same week Jared, the biggest kid in class, declares
WAR
on him. There is no way EllRay is going to let Jared call him a chicken or get in the way of his going to Disneyland.

ELLRAY JAKES IS a small kid with a big problem. Everyone else in his third-grade class has something to brag about: Jared’s dad owns a brand-new car with flames painted on it, and Kevin’s dad is rich, but all EllRay’s geologist dad has is a collection of rocks.
BORING!
Or is it? They are from all over the world … and when EllRay brings some of the rocks into school, everyone is impressed. In fact, they’re so impressed, they keep them for themselves! Now EllRay needs a plan to rescue his dad’s rocks … before his big problem lands him in
GIGANTIC
trouble.