Paradise found

Alarm went off at 4:00 a.m.... our flight to paradise was scheduled to leave at 7:00 a.m. but due to mechanical complications we sat on an unairconditioned plane for 45 minutes before deboarding.  Finally, we were airborne at 8:30 and off to paradise where the rum is cheaper than bottled water.

P.S. finished reading the Shadow Children book series by Margaret Peterson Haddix.  Our 6th grade students read it and loved it but I have mixed reviews...But read House on the Gulf by the same author and I highly recommend it.