My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich

There are nine planets, and Pluto is the farthest away from the sun and represents how Bianca is staying far away from Ebony-Grace and giving her the cold shoulder. Mercury is the closest to the sun, so Monique is Monique Mercury—she’s mean. Yet at the park, Monique insists that Ebony-Grace help turn the rope (a telephone wire) for double-Dutch, and Bianca helps Ebony-Grace by telling her it’s just like handling a screwdriver.

Ebony-Grace initially does a good job, but when Bianca jumps in, she goes into her space world and starts turning the rope too fast, causing Bianca to fall and hit her head hard on the ground. The girls berate Ebony-Grace for not listening to them and turning slower.

The Nine Flavas Crew eat icees, and Monique explains why she had Ebony-Grace help turn the rope: They need two people jumping, six people dancing outside, and two people on the rope. Rum Raisin Rhonda says they should find a different person—Ebony-Grace wants to kill them. Ebony-Grace apologizes to Bianca, but Bianca calls Ebony-Grace “jealous” and disses her “stupid games.”

Outside Dapper Dan’s, Ebony-Grace notices a group of men wearing shiny clothes that make them look like a space crew.