Nooooooooooo! Screaming the word, Amy and Dan moved as one.Time slowed down, which, Dan knew from experience, often happened when you were in midair. By the time they leaped onto the hood of Fiske's c...
A Styrofoam egg carton caught his eye. He opened it and found a single silver orb with little blinking red lights. This is cool, too! He dropped it into his backpack.Dan, no!What? They've got plenty o...
(n.) A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir.
(n.) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
I want a room decorated with bones! Dan said. Where'd they come from?Cemeteries, Amy said. Back in the 1700s, the cemeteries were getting overcrowded, so they decided to dig up tons of old bodies–all...
The caterpillar, her brother supplied, thinking of snack time at the Shaolin Temple. It tastes like chicken.
Dan was thrilled that the second clue had been safely smuggled out of the church in his pants.So, really, I saved the day, he decided.Wait a minute, Amy said, climbed onto the roof in the middle of a...
Sugar maple! Mary-Todd Holt knelt over her husband. Are you all right?Eisenhower sat up, and egg-size lump blooming on his crown. Of course I'm all right! he managed, his words slurred. You think a li...
What's the big deal with Bejamin Frankin, anyway? I mean, so the guy invented electricity or whatever. That was hundreds of years ago.He didn't electricity, Amy said, trying not to sound too annoyed....
Why can't you just lie and cheat like the others? Dan snapped. Can't you just see that's better than being nice one minute and then turning around and selling us out? It may be very Cahill, but it ! G...