In what way am I lucky? Oh, you know, Nancy said. Nancy is what you would call an optimist. Trust my best friend Nancy to see things that way. Alfred Lord Tennyson CHAPTER ONE And by the moon the reaper weary, Piling sheaves in uplands airy, Listening, whispers Tis the fairy Lady of Shalott. She knows not what the curse may be, And so she weaveth steadily, And little other care has she, The Lady of Shalott. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Hey, he said quietly, his eyes looking bluer than ever ABOUT THE AUTHOR OTHER BOOKS BY MEG CABOT CREDITS COPYRIGHT ABOUT THE PUBLISHER AVALON HIGH CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN The gun went off, a muted pop in the deeply CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT I thought you were leaving for Tahiti, I said accusingly. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Thats impossible, Will said flatly. About the phone dying in the CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE I didnt scream. Morton turning CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Turn here, I said to the police officer who was CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Not that it mattered. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE I knew from my brother Geoff, whod been a practiced CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO I spun around just in time to see Mr. I told myself CHAPTER NINETEEN Half an hour later, when the cab pulled up in CHAPTER TWENTYĭie? I stared at him in disbelief. Mortons classroom the next CHAPTER EIGHTEEN I told myself I was being crazy. I cant even say I CHAPTER SEVENTEEN I was the first one into Mr. Because Lance, without CHAPTER SIXTEEN I didnt scream this time. CHAPTER ELEVEN The first thing that happened was that a cloud went CHAPTER TWELVE Stacy and Liz werent exactly thrilled about how long it CHAPTER THIRTEEN Which wasnt easy, seeing as how there wasnt a whole CHAPTER FOURTEEN This wasnt the clear, still water of my pool back CHAPTER FIFTEEN Marco never got to finish his sentence. No way CHAPTER TEN Oh, hey, Elle, Will said, when he saw me. I mean, Ive CHAPTER NINE I made Stacy and Liz come with me. It CHAPTER SIX It actually wasnt that bad, once I got past the CHAPTER SEVEN As I studied up on old Arthur for my WorldĬHAPTER EIGHT Ive never been a very girly girl. CHAPTER FIVE I took the bus to school the next day. Not that CHAPTER FOUR I screamed and almost fell off the raft.

CHAPTER TWO Or maybe I just thought I did. Cabot, Michele Jaffe, Laura Langlie, Abigail McAden, and especially Benjamin Egnatz. Many thanks to Beth Ader, Jennifer Brown, Barbara M. Avalon High (2006) A novel by Meg Cabot For the two Barbara Cabots, Bad Mommy and Aunt Babs

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