Andre J. Garant
Join in the fun as fourteen boys and ten girls from Tolland, Connecticut tell about their exotic voyage around the world in a time machine. Based on a real group of fourth graders from Parker Memorial School (Tolland, CT), Away We Go is sure to keep you laughing from start to finish. Told through the eyes of ten-year-old Kelly, this book is specifically designed for all children in third, fourth, and fifth grades who need a break from the daily grind of everyday life. Be sure to join Kelly and her classmates as they take you into their lives for several fun-filled days and include you in all of their festive activities. You’ll read about exotic places like Fiji, Spain, Sri Lanka, and Australia as each of these kids keeps you laughing like never before on their wild goose chase to find a missing M&M collection.
Andre J. Garant makes his home in Tolland, Connecticut. When he’s not busy working as an accountant for a large healthcare system, he is actively writing stories for boys and girls between the ages of eight and twelve. Away We Go is one of many novels that Andre has published since 1999. The author enjoys visiting students in third, fourth, and fifth grades where he can share his stories and talk about the lessons that can be learned from them. For more information about the author or his books, please visit Andre’s official website at www.authorguy.com.
Just a few feet ahead of us lay a bubbling pool of thick chocolate, and as we continued to walk down the path, the smell became so sweet that we nearly passed out. Ginger was lapping away at the air, desperately trying to lick up some of the chocolate. Burpie sniffed away now that he was perched on top of Justin’s brown crew cut, and Cookie squeaked as he furiously tried to disentangle himself from Kyle’s mop of shaggy, blond hair.
The pool of bubbling chocolate was just too much to handle. Jack knelt down and slathered the warm liquid all over his hands before licking each of his fingers.
“Is it chocolate, Jack?” I asked my little brother.
“What else could possibly smell so good?” Caroline remarked as she copied Jack by running her hands through the warm liquid and licking it off her fingers.
It didn’t take long for all of us to begin licking away at the chocolate, and Justin was the first of the boys to take off his sneakers and feel the sweet liquid on his bare feet. “This is totally awesome, you guys. I can feel the fudge oozing between my toes.”
“I have got to try that,” Travis shouted as he flung his sneakers off and waded into the pool up to his knees. “Last one in is a rotten egg.”
Less than two minutes later, all of the students were up to their heads in sweet chocolate. I was giggling with delight upon seeing all of my classmates rubbing and licking the oozing fudge all over their faces. “Isn’t this the best time ever?” I cried out with glee.
“The best, Kelly, the absolute best,” Kurt declared while scooping up handfuls of the fudge and sucking it into his mouth.
“It’s like taking a bath, only with chocolate,” Jenna declared, her long, blond hair now slicked up with steaming fudge.
“Somebody help me, I can’t see with my glasses anymore,” Turner shouted, causing all of us to laugh since her glasses were now coated with sticky fudge, making it nearly impossible for her to see.
“Hey, maybe I should invent windshield wipers for glasses and I’ll become a millionaire,” Yogi mentioned.
Justin then dove under the surface of the bubbling chocolate and did a handstand for nearly thirty seconds as he wiggled his toes in the air. Troy was next, outdoing Justin by three seconds.
“Oh, I can’t ever remember having so much fun like this,” Meghan declared. “It’s even better than when my family went to Disneyworld last year.”
Rhys was too busy giggling with delight to hear a word of what Meghan said. He busily scooped up handfuls of fudge and rubbed it all over his face while his tongue licked up as much of it as possible. Even Chaos had jumped into the steaming fudge, his feathers flapping away which only served to spray hot fudge in every direction.
Spencer then came up with the idea of splashing Kurt with the chocolate, and once the boy was blasted with a wave of hot fudge, an all-out war ensued. Miss Jasion even got in on the act as she dunked Cameron under the surface, nearly drowning the boy in sweet fudge. Troy then snuck up behind Mrs. Chipman and blasted her with a barrage of chocolate.
