How could they leave without us? Maddy started to cry.I hugged her, then stiffened. “Maddy,” I whispered. “Look. That man. He’s here!”The man from the gift shop stood in the shadows by the boardwalk. He was grinning, a look much uglier than his scowl. We stared at him.“Your parents won’t be bac...
Then the water became bitterly cold and we squeezed up and up. We arrived in an icy stream in a moonlit meadow.As I grew I stepped over the rocks to the shore, Maddy beside me. Once I’d reached my full size I was almost dry – only my runners were damp.I was cold anyway. A sharp wind blew down the...
long? big? Whatever the term, there was a lot of it. It was taller than me, with long thin legs, a multi-parted body and far too many eyes. Horrified, I counted six, all black and shining. I swallowed, and backed into Maddy. She clung to my arm, barely breathing. Shadows of long thin legs reached...
CHAPTER 10 Egyptian Curses When I finally went back to school, I discovered that Byron had really missed me. He pulled my hair, stole my pencils and sharpened them down to stubs, and turned to chat with me over and over and over. When Mrs. Von Hirschberg was organizing us with partners for a proj...
The weather was great, the blue sky was great, even the greening-up grass was great. I was free! Kyle was horrible, but I just rubbed the scars on my arms and was thankful I only had Kyle to deal with. Dad kept me practicing times tables, but since the beast was gone I could remember things again...