Sophie the Awesome

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Sophie closed her book and sighed.

Leo the Lionhearted: Bravest Kid Ever.

It just wasn’t fair!

Sophie was sick and tired of reading about other people who were so much more … more everything than her.

Then it hit her. She knew exactly what she needed.

A name.

Of course! But not just any old name. She had one of those already: Sophie H. Miller. (The H stood for Hamm — yes, Hamm. Enough said.)

Big deal. So what? Boring.

What Sophie needed was a name that described her perfectly. She needed a name that said it all. A name that was not boring.

She looked across the library table, took a deep breath, and sighed again.

“What?” said her friend Kate Barry. Her face popped up from behind her book. “Are you okay?”

But Sophie sighed a lot. So Kate wasn’t too concerned.

“No. I am not okay,” said Sophie. Now she crossed her arms.

“Why?” Kate looked around. “Is Toby bugging you again?” She scrunched her mouth into a small sour-lemon frown. Then she glared at the boy sitting at the next round table. Sophie’s eyes followed hers.

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