Cam Jansen and the Basketball Mystery by David A. Adler

Author:David A. Adler
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin USA, Inc.

Chapter Five

Two Hamilton Helpers were standing in the hall.

“The party is in the cafeteria,” one of them told Cam and Eric. “It’s at the end of this hall.”

“Did you see anyone walk by with a basketball?” Eric asked. “One is missing.”

“People rushed past us,” one of the helpers said. “We couldn’t see everyone. Ten of them may have had basketballs.”

“Maybe twenty,” the other helper said. “We’re just pointing the way to the party.”

Cam asked, “Is there another way out of the gym?”

“No. The gym door to the parking lot is closed. We want everyone to go to the party.”

“And there’s a guard by the side door,” the other student said. “No one can leave there. That’s where the governor’s car is parked.”

“But what about the Franklin players?” Cam asked. “They went through another door.”

“They went to the locker room to take showers and get dressed. But they can’t leave from there.”

“That’s right,” the other helper said. “Everyone has to walk past us to get to the party. They can leave from the cafeteria.”

“Thank you,” Cam and Eric both said.

They walked ahead and Eric whispered, “Then whoever took the basketball must have gone through the cafeteria.”

Cam and Eric stopped by the entrance to the cafeteria. It was crowded. Most of the people stood by tables. Cake and ice cream and bottles of juice and soda were on the tables. Balloons hung from the ceiling. The walls were decorated with lots of THANKS COACH! signs.

Eric pointed to the far end of the cafeteria and said, “There’s someone standing by the door. She’s wearing an orange Hamilton Helper sash. She’ll know if someone left here with the basketball.”

Cam and Eric slowly walked through the crowded room.

“Did you have some cake?” Donna asked Eric.

“Not now,” he told his sister. “I’m busy.”

Danny’s father was standing by a table near the middle of the room. He was wearing the top of his very tight orange uniform. Danny was in front of him.

“Look at me,” Danny said to Cam and Eric. He had put buttercream icing from the cake under his chin and nose. “I’m Old King Cole!”

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