Breaking promises…
Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield’s father teaches them a secret language called Ithig. All their friends want to know the secret too, but the twins have made a pact with their father not to give it away. Elizabeth, at least, intends to keep her promise. But Jessica can’t help herself--she teaches her best friend, Lila Fowler, the secret language. That means that soon the whole school will know Ithig.
Now the class decides to use the language against the one teacher they don’t like - Ms. McDonald. They will speak only Ithig in class the day the school supervisor comes to review her. At first, Elizabeth is angry with Jessica for breaking her promise about Ithig--but now Elizabeth wonders: should she break her own promise and warn Ms. McDonald?
As Elizabeth and Jessica approached Sweet Valley Middle School, a group of Jessica’s Unicorn friends came over.
“There’s something we want to discuss with you,” Lila Fowler said. “Caroline told us you two have a secret language.”
Jessica giggled nervously. “That girl is always saying all sorts of things.”
“So she made it all up?” Lila asked suspiciously.
Jessica looked down at the ground. “No.”
“Ha! She was right! How could you tell Caroline about this first? This is a huge insult to the Unicorns!”
“I didn’t tell Caroline anything!” Jessica cried. “She just happened to overhear us speaking…”
“Speaking what? Tell us, Jessica, tell us!”
All of the Unicorns were pressing in on Jessica. It was a difficult position to be in, and she didn’t know how to get out of it. If she told them about Ithig, she’d be breaking the promise she’d made to her father and Elizabeth. But how could she keep a secret from the entire Unicorn Club?