Lupe Wong Won't Dance

 by Donna Barba Higuera

Genre:  Realistic Fiction


Lupe Wong loves baseball and her uncle has promised her that she can meet her favorite pitcher if she can get all As.  The only class she is worried about is P.E. because the next unit is square dancing!  Lupe thinks square dancing is ridiculously outdated and that it should be removed from the curriculum.  Lupe tries several times to get the school to rule out square dancing, but ultimately she figures out that the best way to win is to be the best square dancer of all time.  When Lupe sets her mind to something...watch out!



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