The dog always dies. Go to the library and pick out a book with an award sticker and a dog on the cover. Trust me, that dog is going down.
That cat hates me. - IanWhy should it be different from everybody else here, Lucian? - Eisenhower
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, I’ll conk you with this pet carrier!
A bronze plaque read: GAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUSDan made a face. Get a load of the guy with the funny name.I think that's Pliny the younger, the famous Roman writer, Amy supplied. She bent down...
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You children have created quite a stir in the hunt.Why? asked Amy. We've outsmarted a few people, but I don't think we're winning. She paused. Are we?Perhaps not, but you're younger than the rest of u...
Who's that new guy with the snooty accent who came out and talked to the police? Evan persisted. He looks like some kind of male model.That's just my cousin Ian, Amy explained.Not much of a family res...
Who's Evan? Ian asked.Amy's boyfriend!Amy, since when do you have a boyfriend? Ian probed.Since !
When we lock things away, he said with conviction, we're really imprisoning ourselves.
They've got these things called lockers, I raved on. The Halls are lined with them. And you won't believe what they're for! They're for locking stuff away-so other people won't steal it! Why can't eve...
The test! It was as if they believed the test was an infallible superbeing that had descended to earth on a great space ark surrounded by thunderbolts of perfection.
The Janus ought to put you on the payroll to scoop up a few of our artworks that fell into the wrong hands over the years. - Jonah
Shhh, her brother whispered. I think we’re on the yacht. She got shakily to her feet. The deck pitched slightly.
Maybe they were. Very little was beyond Noah’s capabilities when he wasn’t mounting a concerted effort to flunk.
How you are in this place that has been sealed since the time of Caesar Augustus? one of the archaeologists demanded in amazement.I was looking for my sister, Dan quipped.Your ?Oh—here she is. Dan rea...
He smiled.It took a special girl to make Ian Kabra fear for his life.
Down there, people would be relieved to know they're dead, and - and -' Her voice cracked.He stuck out his chin, daring her to say it. And what?And maybe we should be too, Amy blurted.
Dan instantly recognized the angry scratch that stretched from the corner of Ian's eye all the way along the olive skin to his chin. Have you been messing with Saladin?No. Saladin has been messing wit...
All you do is complain. At least you got picked for something. The last time I got picked for something? Third grade. Hall monitor. Got so nervous I threw up, slipped in my own barf, and broke my wris...
Hold still, Sinead ordered. And don't be such a baby. She dabbed at the angry red mark behind Ian's ear. Cat scratches are prone to infection, you know.And that's fault? Ian raged. Why don't you lock...