Still, she would much rather give her daughter a four-legged, hay-eating gift than the one Bee has in mind. “It was to ward off further talk of a pony,” Bernadette says about that vow. Next: Bee tells her parents, Bernadette Fox and Elgin Branch, that they promised her anything she wanted for a middle school graduation present, and that she’s ready to collect. But Bee is a straight-S student all the way. The free-range hilarity of “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” begins with Bee Branch’s report card from Galer Street School in Seattle, “a place where compassion, academics and global connectitude join together to create civic-minded citizens of a sustainable and diverse planet.” This school gives three grades: S for “Surpasses Excellence,” A for “Achieves Excellence” and W for “Working Towards Excellence.” So every kid is some kind of excellent.
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