Connect the Dots by Keith Calabrese

Author:Keith Calabrese
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

When Shady Glades Is Rocking, Don’t Bother Knocking * Matilda Sandoval Acts Her Age * Imagine the Odds (Part 2) * The Reluctant Babysitter * Bad Becky Says Please * Frankie Survives His Brothers * The Telltale T-Shirt

Like any retirement community, Shady Glades had seen its share of heated battles. Cribbage versus gin rummy, Diagnosis Murder versus Murder, She Wrote, tapioca pudding versus Jell-O—these were the kind of hot-button issues that turn geriatric brother against geriatric brother.

But one thing that nearly everyone at Shady Glades agreed upon was that the rec room was the place to be every Wednesday at five. That was because Shady Glades now had its very own house band, the Dangerous Jams.

Though Bad Becky would never admit it, Mrs. Gonzales was right to make them invite Mr. Abernale to join the band. Not only was he an excellent piano player, but he was the only one who could stand up to Bad Becky when needed. And it was needed a lot. Bad Becky was an amazing teacher—Billy was learning so much and improving so quickly—but she wasn’t always the easiest person to get along with.

Mr. Lindo became a new man once they dug his old drum set out of storage. Billy would watch how, over the course of a rehearsal, Mr. Lindo would grow increasingly more alert, more aware. He still got confused easily, but he knew Billy’s name now, and whenever they talked music, the old man was always sharp as a tack.

Billy was familiar with the expression “win-win,” but he’d never believed such situations actually existed. Yet here it was. Billy was happy. Mr. Lindo and Mr. Abernale were happy. Even Bad Becky was relatively happy. Which meant she wasn’t making the Shady Glades staff constantly unhappy, so they all had to be happy, too.

And all because Billy had gotten caught swiping lunches.

Imagine the odds?

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