At school, Lety Munoz is an ELL.-- English Language Learner. Lety thought ELL sounded like a slimy sea creature. But this summer, Lety has decided not to take the summer ELL class and instead participate in a day camp at the animal shelter. She immediately become attached to a rambunctious dog named Spike who became a local hero by alerting the shelter workers to a baby who had been locked in a hot car. Each of the campers is assigned a job and Lety wants to help out as the shelter scribe who writes short profiles of each animal to encourage visitors to adopt the animals. Another camper named Hunter also wants to be camp scribe and he brags about his writing abilities and challenges Lety to a competition for the job. As the rules for the competition develop, each potential scribe must use five words in their profile. Lety's friends Brisa and Kennedy chooses the five words for Hunter: "rambunctious," "gush," "beckon," "scrumptious," and "cerise." Hunter and his friend Mario choose "supersonic," "infectious," "rigid," "colossal," and "fusion" for Lety. Lety is confident she can do it, but worries about being able to write fast enough and she also worries about the shelter staff finding out and being kicked out of the program. If she's kicked out of camp she won't be able to adopt Spike.
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