Miracle at the Plate by Matt Christopher

Author:Matt Christopher [CHRISTOPHER, MATTHEW F]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780316095778
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2009-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

8

Skeeter’s mind worked quickly. He lowered himself on the skateboard so that he was almost sitting on it, clutched its sides, then sprang out both feet and pressed them against the sidewalk. He came to a stop right at the edge of the curb.

He looked up just as the car drove past. The driver didn’t give him as much as a glance.

“Boy! That was quick thinking!” said Alan, running up behind him.

Skeeter turned the skateboard around on the walk. “One thing I have to learn,” he observed, “is to steer this thing.”

“It’s easy once you get used to it,” said Alan.

After a while Skeeter realized that he wasn’t going to learn to skateboard in one easy lesson. It certainly was going to take more than a couple hours. He got tired of it and asked Alan if he’d like to play catch.

“Sure!” said Alan. He started running into the house, then stopped. “I’ve only got one glove.”

“Can’t you get another one?”

“I’ll borrow Jim’s,” said Alan. “Come on over and meet him.”

Jim Buckley lived on another block. Skeeter remembered him riding a skateboard like a blue streak down a sidewalk.

Jim pushed back a lock of dark brown hair and stuck out a hand as Alan introduced him to Skeeter. “Okay if the three of us play?” he asked. “I’ve got two gloves.”

“Sure,” said Alan. The three boys played until it got dark, which wasn’t long afterwards. Then the two families sat in the living room and talked and talked till Skeeter couldn’t keep his eyes open another minute. Tina Rose had been put in bed and only the grown-ups seemed able to stay up a lot longer.

Skeeter plopped into bed with Alan. They talked until sleep overtook them practically at the same time.

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