It was good for Mary Anne and Logan to break up for awhile. But now Mary Anne can't help it. She misses Logan.

An announcement came over the speaker system. "Attention, all eighth-graders. Attention, all eighth-graders. Your author-study project begins today. The lists of groups, and the authors to be studied, have been posted outside the office on the first floor. Please check the lists on your way home today. Thank you."

My heart was pounding. Now I was just waiting for -

BR-R-R-RING!

The final bell.

In a flurry of activity, my classmates and I gathered up our books and flew out of the room. Most kids were heading for their lockers. But I ran straight downstairs to the office. A few other kids had done the same thing. I was glad I'd arrived early. Already, it was difficult to see the wall.

It took me a minute of two to figure out how to find my group. The number 42 was printed next to my name on the eighth-grade class list.

"Forty-two," I murmured.

I stepped over to another list and peered at it until I found 42.

There it is, I thought. The people in group 42 study... Megan Rinehart!

I was ecstatic. This must be a sign of good luck. I adore Megan Rinehart's books. Imagine being assigned to study them. And her. It would be more like fun than work.

I glanced under Megan Rinehart's name to find out who was in my group.

And my stomach flip-flopped. I absolutely could not believe what I saw.

I would be studying Megan Rinehart with Miranda Shillaber, Pete Black (they were okay), ... and Logan.

Logan Bruno.

Mary Anne Misses Logan
Published by Scholastic Inc. 1996
ISBN: 0590435698