Amp Healthful to a Fault “Candy like SweeTarts is okay once in a while, for a special treat,” my aunt Joni told me patiently. “But the natural sugars found in bananas, apples, and oranges are a more healthful option.” “Is healthful even a word?” I muttered. Aunt Joni and I were in my living room....
You can build your own bottle rocket that uses air pressure to push water downward out of the rocket, which will propel the rocket upward for a big launch. YOU WILL NEED: 2-liter soda bottle, cardboard, duct tape, a bicycle pump with a pressure gauge, an inflation needle, a rubber stopper, and ...
It sounded like a giant boulder had been thrown into the water. But it was no boulder. Zack’s mom had fallen into the water, probably when she had turned to run away from the bear. Mom had a tendency to panic. Mrs. McGee also wasn’t much of a swimmer. She bobbed and gasped before getting hold of ...
I’ve done it a thousand times before. But today, it wasn’t just difficult, it was downright life-threatening. The first few backyards weren’t bad. I was chased by a nasty poodle named Luna, I stomped through a strawberry garden, and I almost broke my foot on a cement tortoise lawn decoration thin...
Sound the Alarm “Hey, what’s that noise?” “Eh?” Amp grunted absent-mindedly. He was lying on his side next to the track pad on my mom’s laptop, rubbing his stuffed belly, totally absorbed in the movie. I was sitting cross-legged on my bed with the computer in front of me. “Hey,” I said, gently po...
He held each cracker—which was probably twice the size of his head—with both hands and turned it in a quick circle, nibbling the edge as it went around. Cracker crumbs went everywhere, until it vanished. Then Amp licked each of his six fingers. It was like watching a squirrel who’d had too much c...