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FAIR FASHION
known if that was only because Emily had to be nice to her. She did a lot of hanging around, wondering if she was allowed to say anything. Poppy and Emily had been friends since Reception, and it wasn’t even as if Maya had arrived on the first day of Year Six, when everyone was getting used to each other again after the holidays. She felt like she was always a bit in the way, or doing the wrong thing.
The feeling faded after a couple of weeks, especially after Emily invited her over. You didn’t have to have people you’d only been told to like over for tea, did you?
“Mr Finlay...” Izzy muttered. “Do we have to work in a group? Can I do my project on my own, please?”
Maya looked up again sharply.
Mr Finlay sucked in a breath. “Well, I don’t think so, Izzy, sorry. Part of the point of the project is that you work together. A team.”
Izzy nodded, and darted a look around the classroom. Everyone else was huddled in groups, or at least twos, mostly talking about chocolate.
“Don’t worry!” Mr Finlay sounded determinedly cheerful. “We’ll find you a group to join.”
Izzy stared at her shoes.
She’s crying, Maya realised in horror. Eeek. I would
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