#6 Chapter 2 “Please, Mrs. Derkman, we have to wait!” Manny begged as the class began to board the bus. “Camp won’t be fun without George!” “We still have a few minutes before all the luggage is loaded onto the bus,” Mrs. Derkman assured him. “I’m sure George will be here by then.” Katie found a seat near the window in the middle of the bus. Suzanne hopped into the seat beside her. “Do you think George is coming?” Katie asked Suzanne as the girls buckled their seat belts. “I won’t miss him if he doesn’t. George is always telling dumb jokes,” Suzanne said. Katie frowned. Sometimes Suzanne could be pretty mean. Katie liked George’s jokes. They were really funny. She liked George, too. He was the one who had given Katie her extremely cool nickname—Katie Kazoo. “I hope we don’t have to wait around all day for him,” Jeremy said, as he took the seat across the aisle from Katie and Suzanne. “I want to get to camp!” “There he is!” Kevin’s voice rang out from the back of the bus.
