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    Get 2 Know U Text Junkies: Book 1
    Get 2 Know U Text Junkies: Book 1
    Get 2 Know U Text Junkies: Book 1
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    Get 2 Know U Text Junkies: Book 1

    By Katie Dunham

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    Can u imagine requiring fifty 10 year-olds 2 use cell phones in school?
    This is the case at West Side Elementary school where a new grant brings a requirement for all fifth graders to use cell phones for class assignments as part of a pilot-program. With all the excitement of being armed with the latest technology students find out on the first day that they have lost the Art Academy grant. This puts them into overdrive to find solutions to save the AA.
    As the main characters struggle with the thought of losing their favorite after school program, the texts start flying and a student body gathers at Sanders Park to find a solution. The characters work to incorporate their new cell phones into an assignment to raise the $1200 needed for the Art Academy Program.
    Along the way, relationships between the six characters evolve and humor prevails as they work together.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKatie Dunham
    Release dateJul 24, 2012
    ISBN9781476005621
    Get 2 Know U Text Junkies: Book 1

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      Get 2 Know U Text Junkies - Katie Dunham

      Text Junkies

      GET 2 KNOW U

      Written by: Kim & Katie

      K²

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2012 by Kim Wyman & Katie Dunham

      All Rights Reserved.

      Chapter 1

      Charlie 2 Wyatt (texting):

      Man I cant believe my mom finally got me a phone. Thanks 2 5th grade requirements!

      Sweeeeeet, what kind did u get?

      Wiz 800. The key pad is gr8 and I am sooooo glad I didnt have 2 take a school issued 1.

      JIT, r assignments start coming via text starting 2morrow.

      Mom cant believe texting will be allowed becuz when she was in 5th grade kidz had 2 rite everything out. Geez, its like she had 2 walk both ways uphill 2 school w/ no shoes on or sumthing. Grampz had it a lot harder, I dont know what she’s complaining about.

      Ya, my mom gives me the same story –no worries, when they c the A’s, no grief baby.

      C u 2morrow. I need to clean my room.

      Monday morning could not arrive soon enough. Charlie’s mom picked up Wyatt on the way to school.

      Man, I cannot wait to get to school! said Charlie.

      Me either! agreed Wyatt as he hopped in the truck.

      It was the first day of school at West Side Elementary, and that meant new cell phones. West Side School had been selected for a pilot program that equipped all fifth grade students with brand new cell phones. Better yet, the students were expected to not only bring their phones to school every day; they were expected to use them every day. During school! An article in the local paper explained the grant promoting new technologies in the schools. Features of the new phones included: texting, video, and scanning, and they could hold up to 1200 photos, access the internet, and plug into ports placed on the students’ desks. Parents could buy their students a phone, or it could be school issued and turned in at the end of the school year.

      What do you think Mr. McGee will have us do with the phones? asked Wyatt.

      I don’t know. Maybe we’ll be using them for research projects, replied Charlie. "It doesn’t really matter. The point is we get to use them every day. How cool is

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