Meet the Gecko by Wendelin van Draanen

Author:Wendelin van Draanen [Draanen, Wendelin van]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ages 7 & Up
ISBN: 9780307559678
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2005-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

Tried to act cool.

But our mouths and shoulders and heads were twitching all around. Even as a murky fax copy, there was no mistaking my Slug-Mole!

The Gecko read the article. He was grinning so big I thought his ears would push right off the back of his head! Finally he looked at Henna and said, “Who wrote this?”

“Well, it's David Egbert's column, but obviously his source is a mystery man.”

“Yeah,” Chase said. “Shredderman.”

Henna was still grinning. “It's hilarious. And even funnier when you realize that Egbert's column is syndicated—this piece will be in papers all around the country!”

Chase laughed and kind of danced in place. “This is so cool! This is…brilliant!”

Slick as a semiconductor, my dad asked, “What's this all about?”

Chase handed over the paper, saying, “Remember the Mole? The guy you warned me about yesterday?”

Dad nodded. “Mr. Bowl?”

Chase snickered. “Yeah. Well, some guy named Shredderman is giving him a dose of his own medicine.”

Dad was skimming the article, nodding. “I've heard of this Shredderman character.”

“Really?”

Dad passed the paper to me, saying, “He's something of a local hero.”

Chase seemed very interested. “Any idea who he is?”

Uh-triple-oh! I hadn't thought about it until now, but who else knew the Mole was in town? Who else would try to expose him?

Bullets started shooting out my sweat glands.

Dad stayed totally cool, though. He shrugged and said, “I'm actually investigating that for the Gazette.”

“Well, when you find out, would you let me know? You have no idea how many people would want to thank him.”

My heart was pounding double-speed as I read the article. It was everything I'd sent in my e-mail, plus the writer's own stories about the Mole.

Henna eased the paper out of my hands and said, “I'm going to make copies and pass them around. This is just too good!”

Chase said, “Great idea!” then grinned at me and said, “We've probably got time for a quick game of Tekken 3. You up for it?”

Henna grabbed him by the arm. “No way! Absolutely no way.” She dragged him along, saying, “As a matter of fact, they need you in wardrobe. No more disappearing acts.”

Chase pointed to his magic wristband as he grinned at me and wiggled his eyebrows. “See ya later, Nolan!”

I laughed and waved, and when he was gone I followed Mom and Dad to the side so we'd be out of the way. And while they were debating how long we could stay without wearing out our welcome, a man with a bushy brown goatee went by, pushing a cart of food.

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