I leaned so far I almost fell overboard. The driftwood bumped against Lady Tia’s shiny white hull. It bobbed up and down. It drifted close to my hands. “A-ha!” I scooped it out of the water. It was a huge clump of dripping wet seaweed. I laid it on deck and lifted handfuls of seaweed. I tossed th...
Sheila said as they started up the trail. “Are you kidding?” Rusty asked. “Why else would we go traipsing through the woods?” “We know how much you like nature hikes,” Katie added, “so here we are.” Sheila’s eyes darted suspiciously from one to the other of the cousins, then were drawn toward the...
Sheila and the others hurried upstairs to a small bedroom at the front of the house, where Rusty and Huntley would sleep. A dormer window overlooking the yard and barn was only a black square now. Huntley slid a CD into his laptop computer. “Okay, let’s see what we can find out.” “Why did you cop...
She pressed both hands hard against her flat stomach. “I’m so full!” she moaned. “Why did I go and stuff my face with pizza? I’m as fat as a pig!” Katie stared at her. “You ate a half slice!” “And you’re scrawny like a stick figure,” Rusty added. “A lot you kids know,” Megan growled. Katie turned...