Jed and the Junkyard Rebellion by Steven Bohls

Author:Steven Bohls
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2019-09-01T16:00:00+00:00

Jed

Once Lyle had traded his cartful of batteries for two cartfuls of supplies, they headed back to the Endeavor, each pushing a heavy cart. As they walked the long dock to the ship, Jed stared longingly at the township. Part of him wanted to stay there and forget that a hundred thousand dread were running loose in the junkyard. Even if Lyle helped him fully develop his powers, Jed doubted he could stop them.

“When we’re back in the air,” Lyle said, “I want you to meet me in the training box.”

“So you can throw more junk at me? Sounds super fun.”

Lyle sighed. “We’re running out of time. My dragonflies report that the dread fleet is still hunting us. They’re going to catch us if we just keep flying around in circles. Help unload the carts, then go to the training box. Immediately.”

“Aye, aye, All-Powerful Admiral, sir.” He gave Lyle a mock salute.

Lyle ignored him and stomped ahead.

Jed sighed. What if he just left the Endeavor? Looked for Shay and Ryan and Bog. They didn’t seem like the monsters Lyle had made them out to be. But what if Lyle was right? What if they were after him? Maybe for his powers? Maybe for something else.

Jed met the crew inside the Endeavor and unloaded the carts. While the crew worked to get the train in the air, Jed replaced the dead battery in the battery bug he’d bought for Alice then found her in her cabin tinkering with one of the gears in her wings.

“Hey,” he said.

She looked up and set down the screwdriver she’d been using.

“How was your little shopping trip?” she asked.

Jed shrugged. “Fine, I guess.” He pulled the battery bug out of his pocket. Its green glow filled the cabin. “I got this for you. For, well, saving my life, I guess.”

Alice’s face softened from its usual hard-edged snark, and she gave him a genuine smile. “Thank you,” she said, taking the battery bug from him, and studying the bright glow.

“I gotta meet Lyle for training, but…thanks again,” he said.

By the time he made his way to the training box, Lyle was already there.

The man set a wooden box on the floor.

“There’s a bolt inside this box,” he said to Jed. “I want you to rally it to yourself.”

“I thought we already played the rally-the-bolt game,” Jed said. “And, I sort of remember winning.”

Lyle sneered. “Just because you got lucky once, doesn’t mean a thing. If you can’t perfectly control your sparks on command when shatterfire isn’t being launched around you, how can you expect to do so in the middle of a war? Besides, this exercise is different. Your sparks are more powerful than you can imagine. They connect you to the junk—no matter how close, or how far away. Even if you can’t see it.”

“What does that mean?” Jed asked.

Lyle nudged the wooden box with his toe. Something rattled inside. “There’s a metal bolt in this box. You can’t see it, but it’s there. I want you to close your eyes and use your sparks to connect with it.

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