Oscar and the Amazing Gravity Repellent by Tina L. Peterson

Author:Tina L. Peterson [Peterson, Tina L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fiction; Stone Arch Books; Middle-grade novels; fantasy & magic; humorous stories;s ocial issues/bullying; social issues/friendship; social issues/self-esteem & self-reliance; science & technology; 9781496500007; 9781623702441; 9781496501608; 9781623705862
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2015-06-25T00:00:00+00:00

— Chapter 11 —

That night after dinner, Oscar stashed the other two bottles of gravity repellent safely in his dresser and made a list of things he wanted to do with it. There were only three small bottles total, and they had already used about one-fifth of the bottle Asha had taken home with her.

We should return to the caboose as soon as possible, Oscar thought, to see if there’s any more.

In the meantime, he needed to come up with a plan. Oscar thought for a long time about what he most wanted to do. He wrote:

#1 Fly

#2 Build Tree House in Top of Tree

#3 Climb Rope in Gym Class

#4 Make Toys Fly Around Room

#5 Make Gretchen Fly Around Room

He thought about the last one for a minute. Then he changed it to:

#5 Make Gretchen’s Phone Fly Around Room

Oscar chewed on the end of his pen and tried to think of other things. He thought back to the excitement he’d felt when he’d first found the gravity repellent. What had he wanted to do more than anything else? He added:

#6 Walk Without Tripping or Falling

He thought about it more and wrote:

#7 Run Without Tripping or Falling

And finally:

#8 Play Baseball Without Tripping or Falling

Oscar realized he would need a lot more repellent to make himself less klutzy. Or he’d have to give up using the repellent for fun and use a tiny bit every day when he needed it. But there was no way he would give up the stuff at the top of his list.

Oscar lay awake in bed that night, staring at his shoeprints on the ceiling and wall and wondering how much repellent he’d need to walk without tripping. He didn’t need to float, but maybe he could be a tiny bit lighter. Then the earth wouldn’t pull on him quite so much.

It sounds like a dream, Oscar thought as he yawned and drifted off to sleep.

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