Outback All-Stars by Kristin Earhart

Author:Kristin Earhart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

“This should be the place,” Dev stated. “Here’s a Wild Life marker.” He pulled the tip of the flag toward him and let go, so the pole sprung back and forth.

Just then, a low chuckle began to echo through the forest. And then another, and another. The chorus grew to chilling, high-pitched cackles that rang in the air.

“What was that?” Sage asked, searching the shadows above.

“Those are kookaburras,” Mari answered.

“They sure find this funny,” commented Dev.

“Nothing about this is funny,” Sage insisted. She looked to Jace. “So we don’t get a boat?”

“I guess the organizers thought this would make things more interesting,” the guide said.

“That’s just evil,” Russell said.

“We’re as good as eliminated,” Dev concluded.

“So much for my comeback,” Eliza mumbled.

“No. We just have to find another way. Let me see that map,” Sage demanded. Dev pushed a button that dropped a pin to mark their location.

“We’re not even close to the X,” Russell said, taking his finger and trailing it along the curvy route suggested by the map. “It’ll take forever to get there.”

Sage looked again. “But that’s if we follow the stream in a boat. What if we cut through the forest on foot?” She took her finger and drew a much straighter line to the X. She looked at Jace again.

“I’m not a cartographer,” he said, lifting his hands like he was trying to avoid any blame.

“That means he doesn’t draw maps for a living,” Eliza informed them.

“I think we got that,” Dev told Eliza.

“It’s a shortcut,” Russell said, still staring at Sage’s route on the screen.

“It’s a gamble,” Dev added.

“It’s our best shot,” said Sage. She was sure of it.

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