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    Lulu Is Getting a Sister: (Who WANTS Her? Who NEEDS Her?)
    Lulu Is Getting a Sister: (Who WANTS Her? Who NEEDS Her?)
    Lulu Is Getting a Sister: (Who WANTS Her? Who NEEDS Her?)
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    Lulu Is Getting a Sister: (Who WANTS Her? Who NEEDS Her?)

    By Judith Viorst and Kevin Cornell

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    Lulu is getting the sister she never asked for in this oh-so-funny illustrated chapter book filled with hilarious hijinks and fiesty twists from Judith Viorst.

    Lulu has received the worst. News. EVER. She’s getting…a baby sister. No one ever asked HER opinion on this debacle. But she’ll tell you anyway, because she no how, no way, no thank you wants a sibling.

    Undeterred, and to prepare Lulu for big sisterhood, her parents bribe—AHEM, ask—Lulu to attend Camp Sisterhood, a.k.a. big sister training camp. As a Sister-in-Training (SIT), Lulu is assigned a variety of temporary little “siblings” who are supposed to be so much fun Lulu will become excited to have a permanent sibling of her own. Well, no one ever said Camp Sisterhood was supposed to teach Lulu how to be a good big sister, so Lulu resolves to be a bad big sister. She insults her little siblings. She taunts them with secrets. She even tricks one of them into carrying both of their backpacks up a mountain!

    Then some BITs (brothers-in-training) from the neighboring Camp Brotherhood start picking on Lulu’s siblings, and Lulu responds by doing her red-faced, steam-coming-out-of-her-ears thing and showing those BITs who’s boss! After all, Lulu’s siblings may be duds, but they’re her duds, and sisters have to stick together.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster
    Release dateApr 24, 2018
    ISBN9781481471923
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    Judith Viorst

    Judith Viorst is the author of the beloved Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, which has sold some four million copies; the Lulu books, including Lulu and the Brontosaurus; the New York Times bestseller Necessary Losses; four musicals; and poetry for children and young adults. Her most recent books of poetry include What Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About? and Nearing Ninety.

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    Book preview

    Lulu Is Getting a Sister - Judith Viorst

    This story is dedicated, with love, to Michelle Halpern Viorst.

    —J. V.

    For Kim, who holds my hand

    —K. C.

    Lulu must have forgotten that she’s too old to be having a TANTRUM because . . . SHE’S HAVING ONE.

    She’s down on the floor, and she’s kicking her heels, and she’s waving her arms around, and she’s also screeching her lightbulbs-bursting screech. And her mom and her dad are nervously holding on to each other because they never know what to do when their darling Lulu, their precious Lulu, is being . . . DIFFICULT.

    The reason she’s being difficult—or what some of us call a really big pain in the butt—is that she has just been told that in a few months she will be getting A BABY SISTER!!!!!!!!!

    No, not a babysitter—that was the last book. I said a baby SISTER—and that’s what I meant.

    Now Lulu, you won’t be surprised to hear, has zero interest in having a baby sister. She has always, always liked being an only child. And don’t bother asking her WON’T IT BE NICE TO HAVE A PAL TO HANG WITH?, for she’s going to say she has plenty of pals to hang with: like Mr. B, a charming brontosaurus. Like Fleischman, a helpful though deeply annoying boy. And even like the mysteriouso Sonia Sofia Solinsky, whose secrets Lulu has sworn to never reveal.

    However, what Lulu will reveal is how firmly, fiercely, ferociously she doesn’t want to have a baby sister. So if you’re a little sister (or brother) you probably won’t appreciate this book. But if you’re an older sister (or brother) you’ll probably understand why Lulu, getting up from the floor, is telling her mom and her dad, YOU’VE RUINED MY LIFE!

    chapter one

    It made no sense to Lulu that her mom and her dad were so happy about this baby. Why in the world would they need another child? And why would they want a girl, when they’ve already GOT a girl, namely Lulu, who totally had this girl-in-the-family thing covered?

    And wasn’t her mom always hugging her and saying, in the mushiest tone of voice, You are the greatest treasure of our life?

    And wasn’t her dad always hugging her and saying, with this little sob in his voice, Nothing on earth brings your mother and me more joy?

    Not to mention all those times her mom and her dad had told her, Our hearts are filled to the brim with love for you.

    So how come—if their hearts were filled to the brim—there was room left in their hearts for another kid?

    Lulu didn’t bother asking that question. Instead, arms folded across her chest, and a glittery glare in her eyes, she icily said to her mom and her dad, Maybe I won’t be talking to you anymore. Maybe I’ll go into my room and never come out. Maybe I’ll hold my breath and keep on holding and holding and holding it till I turn blue. Or maybe I’ll find a new mom and dad who’ll think that I’m so special that they’d never want or need another kid.

    WE think you’re special! said Lulu’s mom.

    Very! said Lulu’s dad.

    Hah! said Lulu. Hah! Then she stomped away.

    chapter two

    Lulu stomped into the kitchen, where she crouched—knees to chin—underneath the table, an excellent place to brood and sulk and be mad. Her parents, tiptoeing timidly, followed her as far as the kitchen door.

    We thought you might not be completely thrilled with this news, said Lulu’s mom, so we made a plan.

    To help you, her dad said, get ready for a sister.

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