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    Fire Island: Keri Series, #2
    Fire Island: Keri Series, #2
    Fire Island: Keri Series, #2
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    Fire Island: Keri Series, #2

    By Jenni Francis

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    Keri Walker is 12 years old and is in a bit of strife. She has been on the end of some bullying from The Gang of Five and she's keen to make herself scarce when they are around. However, she can't help but step in when she finds a much younger child being bullied.

    The Gang of Five thinks she snitched on them. On a school camp, they start a serious campaign. The camp is on an island, and there are plenty of exciting activities to look forward to; yachting, confidence course and orienteering. Keri loves a challenge and is keen to do well. In addition, if Keri stays out of trouble, her mother will allow her to visit her cousin in Sydney over the summer holidays. She is determined to stay out of trouble.

    Unfortunately, the gang has a different agenda.

    This is the second in the 'Keri' series. Make sure you read the previous book, 'Losing William'.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJenni Francis
    Release dateSep 10, 2014
    ISBN9780473276737
    Fire Island: Keri Series, #2
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    Jenni Francis

    Jenni Francis lives in New Zealand. She lives on five acres, with an orchard, sheep and a river. She has a cat named Tui, who is very greedy, and who doesn't love children. Which is a shame, as she has twelve grandchildren.Jenni has been writing for about 20 years, and loves to write children's stories. She has six books of the 'Keri' series published so far, and is writing book seven. The main character, Keri, finds herself in difficult situations. Her friends don't always agree with what she does, but they are always there for her in the end.She also has a book of short stories for boys. Not girls.

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      Fire Island - Jenni Francis

      © Copyright Jenni Francis 2014

      Published by Jenni Francis 2014

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      Also By Jenni Francis

      Losing William

      Chapter 1

      Weasely Worm

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      The Year 5 girls screamed at each other.

      Pass it here, pass it, pass it!

      No, this way – Charmaine, here!

      The ball sailed across their heads towards a little dark haired girl who was bouncing up and down at the side of the court.

      Georgia! This way. She caught it, turned on one foot, and threw it towards the goal circle. The goal defense jumped too soon. The ball tipped her fingers and ricocheted out of court.

      Around the side of the technical block at that moment, came The Gang of Five. Swaggering, slouching, eyes swiveling to see who was looking. Most of us were, warily.

      Except for the girls on the court.

      I watched in fascination as the ball’s arc began its downward movement towards them. Danielle had turned towards Rochelle. Rochelle was poking Danielle in the arm and she seemed to be angry about something. Nothing new there. Behind them Crystal, Kimi and Sheryl giggled about something.

      Danielle’s mouth tightened and her brow wrinkled. She strode forward to get away from Rochelle, her frizzy blond hair bouncing. Then it happened.

      The ball connected with Danielle’s head. She staggered sideways, lost her balance and fell onto the asphalt path. The newly laid path was covered in tiny stones.

      The Gang ran towards her, but she was up in a second.

      Who threw that? she screamed. Her tights had a huge tear down the side. She wiped her right hand with her left and I could see blood and a few scratches.

      Who threw that? she screamed again. The little girls stood stock still, eyes wide and mouths open. No one said a word.

      Who was it? You’d better tell me or you are all for it.

      No-one looking at her would doubt it. The little girls began shuffling their feet. The goal defense stepped forward. She pointed to Georgia.

      She threw it.

      Georgia gasped. She turned to her teammate But you didn’t . . .

      Danielle didn’t care who was at fault. Start running, kid! She yelled at Georgia. I’m not giving you another chance!

      At this point, another person might have stepped in. Someone with more guts and nerve. Someone better than me. Instead, the weasely, lowly worm that was me slunk off in the middle of a crowd of kids going home. So I didn’t see what happened next.

      That little girl was at least two years younger than I was. But, I’d been on the other end of The Gang of Five so many times. My nightmare from earlier in the year, Darlene, had left our school, but an even worse nightmare had taken her place. Actually, Danielle didn’t just take her place. She gathered the worst bullies in our year into her little gang, and terrorized everyone. I didn’t need another beating.

      I stopped at Mum’s shop on the way home. She works at a pharmacy and sometimes I help after school.

      Hi Keri, darling, she called out as I came in. How was your day?

      What could I say? It was okay but a little kid got picked on by Danielle and I could have stopped it but I didn’t. Nope.

      I shrugged.

      Well, go on home and do some homework. We don’t need you tonight. See you later, love.

      I grabbed a chocolate biscuit off the plate in the lunch room and started walking home.

      If I had only waited a bit longer at the shop. Then I would not have been involved in what happened next. And while I would have felt bad about it, I could have said to myself that it had nothing to do with me. I would not have been in trouble. Camp would have been more fun, and my trip to Sydney would not have been in jeopardy.

      But I wanted to watch a bit of television, so off I went.

      Chapter 2

      To The Rescue

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      At the end of the block of shops, there is an alleyway leading back to school. I was wiping chocolate off my fingers and onto my shorts as I reached it.

      A small shape barreled out of the alley and smacked into me. A bag dropped to the ground.

      Hey, watch it, I said. I picked up the bag and as I gave it to her, I saw that it was Georgia. Her face was streaked and dirty and she had a snotty nose, which she wiped on her sleeve.

      What’s the matter? I asked.

      She sniffed and sobbed, but before I could get a word out of her The Gang of Five emerged from the alley and surrounded us.

      I want her! Danielle said. She needs a lesson taught her.

      Leave her alone, Danielle, I pleaded. It wasn’t her fault.

      Get out the way, you stupid cow. She’s getting a beating whether you’re in the way or not!

      Danielle moved closer and the rest of the Gang closed in behind her. She grabbed the bag off me and chucked it on the ground. Then she reached behind me and pulled on Georgia’s jersey. Georgia shrieked.

      That was enough. Scared or not, I was not going to let these bullies loose on this little girl. Something had finally snapped.

      Leave her alone! I snarled. Leave her alone or you will be for it.

      Rochelle squinted her beady eyes at me. What are you going to do?

      First I’m going to scream so people can hear me, and then I’m going to tell them what you’ve been doing!

      There were quite a few people walking by, and it might have worked. Rochelle took a quick look around. She jerked her head at the rest of them.

      Come on, she said. We’ll deal with this one later.

      Danielle was still spoiling for a fight. No way, I’m going to get my own back!

      Rochelle looked daggers at her. It’s time to go, Danielle.

      Danielle shrugged, and sloped off after her.

      Don’t think this is the last of it! she warned.

      As we watched them go, I gave a sigh of relief. Beside me, Georgia slid to the ground.

      Hey, come on, they’ve gone. You don’t need to worry now.

      But what about tomorrow? They’re always going to be there!

      I’ll watch out for you.

      You can’t be there all the time. They’ll still get me. Georgia was sobbing so hard she was getting hiccups.

      Come on, I’ll walk you to your place. Where do you live?

      It was in the opposite direction to my house, but not too far. As we got to the end of her street, she said, I’ll be alright now. Thank you for looking after me.

      That’s okay. I’ll look out for you tomorrow if I can.

      She nodded and started down her road. Then she called back, What is your name?

      It’s Keri,

      She nodded again and ran off.

      The next morning at assembly, Mrs. Cunningham gave a rant about bullies picking on people weaker than them, and I know who the culprits are, and I’ll be keeping my eye on you.

      I didn’t tell. But they thought I did.

      Georgia moved schools, and I became their number one target.

      Chapter 3

      Danielle

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      I took one look at Danielle’s face and knew I was in trouble. She stormed along the bus towards us, Crystal close behind. If I had thought that school camp was going to be fun, that thought was fading fast.

      Out! Danielle demanded.

      The two girls sitting in front of us scuttled to a seat further back. Danielle was intimidating at the best of times, being the tallest and biggest girl in our year. When she got that look on her face, you just didn’t argue with her. She pushed Crystal into the window seat and turned to us.

      Hi girls. She moved in close and curled her top lip. "I just wanted to warn you. This will not be a

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