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Hi! My name is Kami. I love to Ice Skate, Play Tennis and Volleyball, and Swim, play Basketball, Soccer, and Many More. I also love to play Softball, it is kind of like I breathe Softball!! : ) I have so many friends I could not list them at this moment because there would be no space! My fave t.v. show at the moment is American Idol and My fave singer is Adam Lambert (even though I dont know how to spell his last name) because he chooses really good songs and he has really good vocals and all the judges love him!! I dont know for sure but I think he might win American Idol!?!?!?!? Katrina and Katie and Kacie Rock!!!! My Story Is Really Weird!!! That's me!!! : ) <3

** The Stolen Nail Polish ** One night I was having trouble going to sleep and I don’t even know why but I just was. So I tried to finish my favorite mystery book. I was reading the part in the book where Kadin is in the attic and it’s all dusty and the floors are creaking and someone-his cousin-jumps out from behind a dusty bookshelf and yells like someone just murdered him. That isn’t even the scariest part in the book. But when I was reading that the phone rang and I turned and flew out of my bed and hit my head on my dresser. OUCH!! “Hello,” I said. “Hey Kami,” she said, “This is Janette I am in the park and wanted to see if you could come and join me and just hang out and walk around and stuff?” Janette has been my friend for as long as I can remember, and she has brunette colored hair and blue eyes and she is tall and skinny. “Ummm Sure,” I replied, “I’ll be there in 15 minutes just let me get on some sweats, and grab my bag.” “OK,” She replied. So I got on my gray, fuzzy, Hollister sweat pants, and headed off for the park. But my sister stopped me. My sister had blue eyes and blonde hair-and is tall but not taller then me-and she is in third grade. She is 10 years old, and she loves nail polish. “What?” I asked her. “Where are you going?” She said. “To the park to meet Janette, Is that a problem?” “No,” she said.” “Okay, bye.” “Bye.” When I got to the park I couldn’t see Janette anywhere, so I hollered, “Janette!!” She replied, “What??” Where are you?” I said She told me she was across the street when all of a sudden I heard a growl and I saw a shadow lurking in the darkness. “Hello?” I panicked I heard the growling noise again and I turned around and all I can tell you was I saw this person turn around and bump into me and then when I actually realized what happened I figured out that it was one of my Best Friends; Libbi. Libbi has brown hair with like 1 blonde streak and blue eyes and she is shorter than me but not quite short. She was laughing and I thought her head might explode into a million pieces she was laughing so hard. I looked across the street and saw that Janette was laughing too and I figured out I had been punked. You know bamboozled. Ok fine, since you don’t get that, I was set up. It took me a minute to figure it out but when I saw Janette laughing I kind of just took a guess. After they were all done laughing-and I have to admit I was laughing a little chuckle or two also-I asked them both if they wanted to come over and spend the rest of the night and my house and they both replied “Sure,” and so it was settled. We got to my brownish, tannish color house and we got our pajamas on and went to bed. In the morning we called our friend Kaitlyn Stein (Who works at the Stein Detective Agency) and wanted her to come over and maybe do our nails and just hang out. Kaitlyn (Katie) has brown, golden, short hair with brown eyes and she is taller than me but not exactly tall. So at 12:30 Janette, Libbi and I heard the doorbell and I went down the steps to the door and opened it. She came in and we were just about to go upstairs when the doorbell rang. Again. And so I opened the door and It was Kacie so I invited her in to because what was I going to do say I already have three people over so go home. No I didn’t think so. So Kaitlyn and Kacie and I went upstairs and started to do our finger nails with my black sparkly nail polish. I did Janette’s nails and Janette did Kacie’s nails and Kacie did Libbi’s nails and Libbi did Kaitlyn’s nails and Kaitlyn did my nail’s. Then we went to Gold’s gym and were playing basketball and Kacie said she had to go. So I went to the locker room and went and got my bag (which was filled with my swimsuit and extra clothes in case we went swimming and also $20 in case I got hungry or wanted to get a smoothie) and we all walked Kacie home. My mom came and picked Kaitlyn, Libbi, and I up and we left Janette there with Kacie. “So,” My mom said, “what did you do at the gym?” “Um,” I said, “We were just shooting hoops.” “Ok, did you have a good time?” “Yeah” “What do you girls want to do next??” Kaitlyn told her, “Probably go back to my house my mom went to Florida for a week and I miss her. And she just texted me telling me that she just got back, so would it be a problem if you could drop me off.” “No,” said my mom, “that is perfectly fine.” “Okay, thank-you,” Kaitlyn said. “You’re Welcome,” Replied my mom. So we went to Kaitlyn’s house and dropped her off and then Libbi and I headed back to my house. Two weeks later Kaitlyn and I were hanging out and we invited Libbi over too. We were going to do our nails with my black, sparkly nail polish but when I reached in my silver, diamond hand-bag I couldn’t find the polish anywhere. I kept searching and searching and searching and I even dumped the whole bag out but I still couldn’t find it. “Umm, you guys,” I said. “Yeah,” They replied. “We have a slight problem,” “What is it?” “I can’t find my nail polish anywhere.” “Did you check under your bed and everywhere in your room?” “No,” I told them “We will help you find your nail polish.” “Thanks girls,” I said, “I knew I could always count on you both!” So we kept searching and searching and searching but we could not find it anywhere.” So Kaitlyn told me that someone must have stolen it in the past two weeks since I told her that I haven’t used it or took it out of my bag since. “Alright,” I told her, “So what are we going to do about it.” But just then the light bulb went off in my head and I remembered that Kaitlyn was a detective and she could help me. So we grabbed a note pad (Don’t ask me about this, Katie told me to grab everything) so I grabbed it and then she told me to grab a pen and some plastic bags and she supplied the gloves. I told my mom we were going to the mall and she said, “Ok, just be back by 10” “Ok mom,” I said, “Bye!” We headed over to Kacie house and I know I lied to my mom and I felt really bad but if she thought It was one of my friends who stole it I wouldn’t want her to not trust my friends and say I couldn’t hang out with them again but anyways at Kacie’s house we found Kacie (Obviously) and Janette. The night before, they told us, they had a sleepover. We told them about the whole happening and asked them if they knew anything and they looked kind of suspicious, so Katie wrote down their names and said to them. “Hey how come you both have black, sparkly nail polish on and I can smell the scent in the room.” “Because, I got this nail polish yesterday when I went to the mall with Janette.” “How do we know for sure?” “Here,” Said Kacie, “You can even see the receipt.” “Okay,” Kaitlyn said. “Do you want us to help?” “Yea…..” “YEAH, please” I interrupted Katie. So off we went the four of us went to my house and looked around the whole house for evidence. We couldn’t find anything until Kaitlyn yelled for us to come in my sister’s room. Kaitlyn told us that she saw my nail polish under my sister’s bed and it even said property of Kami. “I can’t believe we went searching everywhere and my nail polish was in my own home.” “Yeah,” Kaitlyn said, “I know.” “Well thanks everyone for your help,” I said “Yeah,” They all replied. “I guess I will call you all after I am finished talking to my sister.” “Okay, bye,” they all said. So my sister got home from girl scouts and I was waiting for her right by the door and she looked at me and she screamed, “OKAY I DID IT JUST STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT!!” That is the trick with, her just give her the face. So I told on her and my mom and dad said that they were going to ground her for a week. “Boo yah!” ♪♫“No sister for a week, No sister for a week,” I was chanting.♪♫ “Keep it up,” My dad yelled, “and you will be grounded too” “Okay sorry!!” And then I left it up to my dad for the grounding. I called all my friends and told them about the grounding and that all I did to get the truth out of my sister was look at her and then give her the face. “And all you did was give her the face??” “Yeah,” I told them “And it actually worked?” “Yeah!” I told them and then we all got bored but before we hung up I invited them all over tomorrow (Saturday) to paint our nails.
 * By: Kami Swedlund **

**Questions for Peer Reviewers**
(Think in terms of questions you would like to ask the author.) I luv ur story to!!! hahaha haha. the stolen //nail polish!?!// love it!!! ~janette 1. Think of plot—is it original? (If an adaptation, is it creative or interesting to you?) What suggestions do you have for the author(s)?

2. Think about problems that the characters face. Are there complications that add enough suspense, tension, or interest? Is there a climax that satisfies you? Is the resolution satisfying? What could be added or changed?

3. Think of characterization—are the characters life-like? Are characters likable and enjoyable? Do we get a good sense of character from many of these: description, dialogue, narrator's opinion, discussion from other characters, the character’s own actions?

4. Think of imagery and details. Do they help you //see// and //hear// and //experience// the story? What details would you like to see in the next revision of the story?

5. What areas of the story need the most improvement? What suggestions do you have for the author?