The first installment in a hilarious and charming chapter book series featuring exuberant and irresistible third-grader Millie Magnus.
Millie Magnus has huge love for many thingsβher mom, her friends, her baby chicken, Extra Spicy, and even her hot pink rain boots. She loves school, too, and canβt wait for Field Day, when her momβthe mayor of Washington, D.C.βwill be her partner in the three-legged race.
Millie Magnus DOESN'T love it when Buckley, a boy from school, makes fun of her curly hair, or her name, or her friends. And she canβt believe it when Buckley is assigned to compete against Millie and her mother at Field Day! But then things get even worse. When Millieβs plan to talk to Buckley about his bullying is ruined, SHE ends up in the principalβs office.
But Millieβs can-do spirit is hard to keep down and her big feelings come in handy when she learns something new about Buckley. She may even find a way to call him a friend.