Finding Mighty by Sheela Chari

Author:Sheela Chari
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2017-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

Sunday morning, I was having Cheerios while Mom and Dad read the New York Times and Cheetah slept in. I cleared my throat. “I was thinking of what you said about first steps.”

Mom looked at me absently over the newspaper. “That’s nice, Myla,” she murmured.

“I was thinking instead of Breakneck Ridge, which we’ve already seen, that we should see High Bridge. So can you take me there today?”

“What?” Mom put down the travel section to look at me in astonishment.

“We’re studying it in Mr. Clay’s class,” I said quickly. “It’s not too far from here. And it would be really good for me, too.” I tried to sound convincing.

“I know all about that bridge,” Mom said, nodding. “And it would be a great first step for you. But I’ve got tons of laundry to do, plus grocery shopping. I’m sorry, I just can’t do it today.”

“I have to go!” I exclaimed. “My assignment is due tomorrow.”

Mom and Dad looked at each other. Then Dad finally offered to take me since it was for school.

“Peter wants to come, too,” I added. “He’s in the same class.”

So it was decided: Dad, Peter, and I would leave right after lunch. Cheetah had a playdate, which was even better because

I didn’t want him there with his commentary on “Myla’s fear of heights.”

It was all part of the plan that Peter and I came up with last night on the front lawn. Which was hard to believe, since just the day before, he was so mad he was ready to bonk my head with his American Studies book. We talked about Randall escaping and who drove the getaway car, and if Kai was a double-crosser, or just bizarrely committed to news reporting. Then I listened to Peter’s side and I said, “Don’t you see, if you want Randall home, you have to find the diamonds. If you find them, he’ll come home.”

“Me?” Peter was taken aback. “How would I even do that?”

“You’ve got your dad’s bag, you know what’s in the black book, and you have the necklaces. At least one of them, and you’ve seen the other. You just have to figure out what they all mean.” I paused. “And I’ll help.”

“You’ll help me solve the clues?”

“I’ll help you find the diamonds.” I stopped. Was I really going to get involved with stolen diamonds and criminals and a family I barely knew? And what chance did we have of solving a mystery almost as old as us, without knowing where to start except for those necklaces? But somehow in the middle of the night, in the company of this boy, it felt right. For the first time since I’d lost the black book, I was feeling better about myself. Even though I couldn’t get Randall back at the train station, I’d stopped him from getting arrested. Not only that, I’d climbed down two stories, and nothing happened to me. If I could do that, I could do anything.

“I think we have to start with the map of the Aqueduct in your dad’s black book,” I said.

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