GREAT READS → NORMAL Issue 934 · November 2, 2022

Normal: Chapter 45 

For the first time in a long time, gymnastics is actually getting frustrating

Normal: Chapter 45 

 

Gymnastics is definitely her happy place.

Mimi spreads her arms and rises on her toes. They haven’t even warmed up yet but she wants to run lightly forward, leap into the air, arc and twist and fly and land with a graceful bounce…

Even when school’s good, gymnastics is way better.

“Hey, girls, sit down a minute,” Tova calls, gesturing everyone to the middle of the room. “I want to talk to you about the end of year gymnastics performance. As the top group, you know you’ll be performing twice, first earlier in the performance, and then as the final act.”

A few girls nod, and Lea calls out, “Sure, we know.”

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