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    Odds on Oliver
    Odds on Oliver
    Odds on Oliver
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    Odds on Oliver

    By Constance C. Greene

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    Can Oliver become a hero—even when no one needs saving?

    Oliver knows he’s destined for greatness. Deep in his bones, he feels his courage growling like a lion, just waiting for a chance to prove itself. As for a Boy Scout or a firefighter, the trick is to always be prepared.

    Oliver’s only problem is that he’s already finished the fourth grade and might be running out of chances to show his stuff. But don’t bet against him. The odds are that when he’s tested, Oliver will be ready to save the day. In a series of wacky misadventures spanning a day of fishing turned shark attack and an evening at a red-hot Tex-Mex restaurant, Oliver does his best to be heroic.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Media
    Release dateFeb 10, 2015
    ISBN9781504004343
    Odds on Oliver
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    Constance C. Greene

    Constance C. Greene was the author of over twenty highly successful children’s and young adult novels, including the ALA Notable Book A Girl Called Al, Al(exandra) the Great, Getting Nowhere, and Beat the Turtle Drum, which is an ALA Notable Book, an IRA-CBC Children’s Choice, and the basis for the Emmy Award–winning after-school special Very Good Friends.

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      Odds on Oliver - Constance C. Greene

      1

      CARROT HILL

      All right, boys and girls. Ms. Mabel, the head of Carrot Hill Nursery School, clapped her hands. Anyone who has to use the bathroom, hold up two fingers, please.

      How will that help? Oliver said.

      Arthur laughed. Oliver held up two fingers and waved them around. Then he bopped Arthur on the head to show he wanted to be friends.

      Everyone giggled.

      We are here to learn, class, Ms. Mabel said. To write our names and to be responsible people. To go down the slide and to draw. She paused and looked around the room. A show of hands, please. How many of you have a pet?

      Arthur held up his hand and said, I have a pet fish. She sleeps in her tank and sometimes she lets me pet her.

      Oliver held up his hand.

      All right, Oliver, Ms. Mabel said patiently. Tell us about your pet.

      I have a dog and her name is Edna. Her hair is the same color as mine, Oliver said. When I’m five, I’m going to be a hero.

      The class rustled like leaves in the fall. Somebody burped.

      Oliver burped back.

      Yes, well, Edna is a lovely name, Ms. Mabel said. My mother’s name was Edna.

      Oliver bopped Arthur on the head again.

      Order, please, boys and girls. Ms. Mabel frowned. We are here to learn to shake hands and to look the person we’re shaking hands with straight in the eye.

      Boys don’t shake hands, Oliver said.

      That’s what you think, Ms. Mabel said.

      A girl with pigtails held up her hand. I have a pet pig named Pig, the girl said. Oliver pulled one of her pigtails and the girl bopped Oliver on the head to get even.

      That was pretty much how the first day at Carrot Hill Nursery School went.

      After that things went downhill fast. One wet and windy Wednesday, Ms. Mabel reached the end of her rope. She had had it. Plus, she had a terrible head cold and felt something awful.

      When Oliver and Arthur started in with the bops again, Ms. Mabel knew

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