Roscoe Riley Rules #5: Don't Tap-Dance on Your Teacher Chapter One Welcome to Time-Out I can guess what you're thinking. Time-out again? What rule did you break this time, Roscoe? Well, since you asked, it was Rule Number 542: Do not pretend to need crutches when you really do not need them just to get out of an embarrassing situation. Personally, I don't think a guy should get punished for breaking a rule when he didn't even exactly know there was such a rule. But my mom and dad see things a little differently. Sometimes I wonder if they ever really were kids. You'd think people who used to be kids would understand that sometimes a guy just really needs a good crutch. Or two. You know what I'm talking about, right? Well, maybe it is a little confusing. I'll begin at the beginning of the beginning. With my friend Emma's amazing, noisy shoes . . . Roscoe Riley Rules #5: Don't Tap-Dance on Your Teacher . Copyright © by Katherine Applegate. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold. Excerpted from Don't Tap-Dance on Your Teacher by Katherine Applegate All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
