Mountain Bike Mania by Matt Christopher

Author:Matt Christopher [CHRISTOPHER, MATTHEW F]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780316095297
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2009-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

Across the library table sat Danny, a large volume of the Encyclopedia Brittanica spread out before him. He was copying notes from one of the pages.

Will peeked up from his novel every once in a while to glance at him. Finally his curiosity overwhelmed him. “What are you studying up on?” he asked.

“The ancient city of Ur,” Danny replied. “It was in the Fertile Crescent, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, where modern-day Iraq is.”

“Oh. Iraq,” Will said, nodding, but not really getting why Danny was so interested in it. “Are you doing a report on it or something?”

“No,” Danny said with a shrug. “It’s just interesting — that’s all.”

“Uh-huh,” Will said noncommittally. That was Danny. He just liked to learn about things, for the sake of knowing. Well, Will guessed he wasn’t so different. Here he was, reading about mountain biking, and he didn’t have any homework on it, either.

Just then, the library door burst open, and Ace Diamond marched in. He went up to the librarian and asked for something he had written down on a scrap of paper. He handed it to the librarian, and she went off to find whatever it was.

Meanwhile, Ace looked around and saw Will and Danny. Grinning mischievously, he came over to them. “Hey, kid!” he said, too loudly for the library. “So this is where you’ve been hiding! Just can’t stay away from the books, huh?”

“I have to stay here on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school,” Will explained. “It’s part of my agreement with my parents, in exchange for them getting me the bike and letting me be in the club.”

“Letting you?” Ace said, wincing. “Oh, gee, I forgot you were in sixth grade. But couldn’t you just be home alone? I do it all the time.”

“You do?” Will asked as Danny looked silently on.

“Sure. My mom and dad both work in the cycle shop. So I would have to work, too, if I showed up there. Forget that. I just go hang out downtown with some kids at the video arcade and the pizza place. You could come with us sometime if you wanted to chill with us.”

“Sure!” Will said, then felt a sudden stab of guilt, as if he were betraying Danny or something, although of course, that was ridiculous. He wasn’t doing that, was he?

Ace jerked his chin at Danny. “Is this the friend of yours who can’t stand mountain biking?” he asked.

Will went beet red. Now Danny would know Will had been talking about him with his new friends! Will could feel Danny’s hurt gaze on him without even looking at him.

“Yeah, that’s me,” Danny said. “I almost got killed by a couple of mountain bikers recently. So did Will, but it seems not to be bothering him any.”

“That’s because Will’s got guts,” Ace said, leaning over the table. “Mountain biking is da bomb. You should try it sometime.”

“Yeah, right. That’ll be the day,” Danny said, slamming his book shut.

“Loser,” Ace said. “Don’t reject what you don’t

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