“jemima Pinchin was seven years old and lived at number twenty-eight Lime Street. She had an older brother, Juke, who was a show off, and a baby brother, Joe, who yelled a lot.”
“The next day was Jake’s birthday and the family was going for a picnic. His favorite present was a beautiful rainbow kite and there were going to find somewhere to fly it. Jemima made a promise to herself that if there was such thing as being good as gold, she was going to be it_ all day.”