Queen of the bee

"If there's one thing ten-year-old Texan Sophie Washington is good at, it's spelling. She's earned straight 100s on all her spelling tests to prove it. Her parents want her to compete in the Xavier Academy spelling bee, but Sophie wishes they would buzz off. Her life in the Houston suburbs is full of adventures, and she doesn't want to slow down the action. Studying spelling words seems as fun as getting stung by a hornet. That's until her irritating classmate, Nathan Jones, challengers her"--Adapted from publisher description.