Who Needs Third Grade? — Candice Ransom

No one drops out of third grade!

Amber Cantrell can't wait to start third grade! She's sure she'll be the most popular girl in the class. And everyone will want to join the stuffed-animal club she's started with her best friend, Mindy.

Then Amber meets her new classmate, Delight Wakefield. Not only does she have a special name, but Delight has beautiful, honey-colored hair that is long enough to sit on! It seems that everyone -- even Mindy -- wants to be Delight's best friend.

Who needs third grade? thinks Amber. But what can she do? At last, Amber thinks of the perfect solution -- quit third grade, once and for all!