I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 by Lauren Tarshis

Author:Lauren Tarshis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

Their chance to look for the camera came sooner than Jess expected.

The very next day, the twins came to Clive’s as the Saturday breakfast rush was ending.

“Hey, gents,” Mom called. “Your mom went out of town again?”

“How’d you know?” Sam asked. “She just left.”

Mom smirked. “Magic.”

Jess laughed. “It’s because you always wear those same disgusting Mariners T-shirts when your mom isn’t here to stop you.”

The boys looked down at their stained shirts and grinned.

The second Mom went back into the kitchen, the boys pounced on Jess with their news: Their dad was heading up to his fishing cabin early tomorrow morning. He’d left his most expensive fishing rod there, and he wanted to bring it home.

“But how’s he going to get there?” Jess asked.

The cabin was eight miles from St. Helens. Jess didn’t think the police were letting anyone get that close to the mountain.

“My dad talked to the police chief,” Eddie said. “The loggers are going back to work on Monday. And the police are even letting people with cabins on Spirit Lake go up there today.”

Jess was shocked. Spirit Lake was right at the base of St. Helens, much closer than Loomis Lake.

Jess paused for a minute, thinking about Dr. Morales. She was pretty positive he wouldn’t be in favor of people going close to the mountain. But even he admitted that nobody knew for sure that St. Helens was going to erupt any time soon. And wouldn’t there be some kind of warning before a big eruption?

What Jess did know was that here was her chance to get Dad’s camera back. And she needed to take it.

“Your dad will let us come?” she asked.

The boys nodded.

Mom would never approve. But Mom didn’t have to know because she wouldn’t be home tomorrow. She was leaving early in the morning for Vancouver. The twins’ grandma was getting out of the hospital, and Mom wanted to help Mrs. Rowan get her settled. Mom had invited Jess to come along. But Jess said she’d stay with the twins.

Jess couldn’t believe her luck.

Maybe she’d be able to get Dad’s camera and sneak it back into Mom’s trunk. And Mom would never have to find out that it had been missing.

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