Owl's Outstanding Donuts by Robin Yardi

Author:Robin Yardi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fiction - Middle Grade, Middle-Grade Fiction, Middle-Grade Novel, Middle-Grade Novels, novel, Novels, Animals, Birds, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Cooking & Food, Adventure, Animal, Animals, Aquarium, Bakery, Big Sur, California, Crime, donut, Doughnut, great horned, Grief, Monterey, Mystery, Owl, Phobia, Pollution, Recovery, Whodunit, Wildlife
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 2019-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

The S’more Bomb

A round, yeasted donut filled with puffy marshmallow cream and topped with a hazelnut-milk-chocolate glaze and graham cracker crunchies!

The next morning, Mattie pushed herself up in bed and saw Aunt Molly outside on the deck, staring across the highway at some bright yellow caution tape. It was blocking off the ditch. That meant the sheriff’s deputies coming last night hadn’t been all bad. The deputies must have noticed the gloop. And now maybe Aunt Molly knew that the gloop could be trouble too. But somehow that didn’t make Mattie feel any better. She knew now that grown-ups weren’t always able to fix things. Even when they wanted to. Even when they tried.

Aunt Molly was going to need her help.

Mattie crawled across a still-snoring Beanie and tiptoed out onto the deck. She hugged her goose-bumpy arms in the morning chill. Next to her, Aunt Molly sighed and put her mug of tea down on the rail.

Steam curled up into the air.

“Does Mrs. Mantooth know yet?” Mattie asked.

Aunt Molly flattened her mouth into an I’m-trying-not-to-worry line and pulled Mattie in for a sideways hug. “Don’t worry about that, kiddo. I’m sure this will all be fine. I’m sorry those dumpers have been waking you up in the middle of the night, but the officers will figure out what’s been going on. Your job is to have the best last six days of summer ever.”

A little less than six days, Mattie thought. Aunt Molly was counting today too, which wasn’t something Mattie ever did. To Aunt Molly, a dozen donuts was always thirteen. But although it was still morning, Wednesday had already slipped by a little bit. So there were really only five days of summer left. But Mattie didn’t correct her aunt. And she didn’t argue with Molly about the sheriff’s department being able to figure out what was going on.

Even if, last time, they never were.

Just then, Mrs. Mantooth came mincing down her driveway and across the parking lot. Her black leggings and fleece sweater were crisp and sharp in the fuzzy morning light. Even though she was on the official suspects list in Mattie’s notebook, Mattie didn’t really think that she was a glooper. She’d decided nobody would dump bad stuff near their own well. Not even Mrs. Mantooth. Besides, she was enough trouble as a neighbor already.

“Mattie, why don’t you take Beanie home and play at the Little’s for a while?” Aunt Molly asked. “I need to go talk with Mrs. Mantooth. Have fun—no worrying—okay?”

She turned toward the deck steps but waited for Mattie to answer.

“Okay,” Mattie said, hoping it wasn’t a lie. She’d try not to worry. But she had to catch the gloopers before Mrs. Mantooth could make too much of a fuss. She’d make sure Aunt Molly’s donut shop was safe. And she wasn’t going to count on the county sheriff.

Not again.

Aunt Molly swept down the deck steps, off to intercept Mrs. Mantooth before she could make it to their trailer. She had left her tea steaming on the railing, and the scent of peppermint prickled in Mattie’s nose.

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