Riley Mack Stirs Up More Trouble by Chris Grabenstein

Author:Chris Grabenstein [Grabenstein, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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RILEY COULDN’T REMEMBER A TIME when he had felt worse.

This made back-to-back busts for his “brilliant” schemes. First, he’d cost Briana the middle school talent show crown by being wrong about the roller skates. Now, he’d made the wrong man lose his job. All of a sudden, his Gnat Pack’s troublemaking was causing too much trouble—especially for the people they’d been trying to help.

“Briana, do you know Mr. Sowicky?”

“Sort of. He’s come by the house a couple times. Once he brought my parents worms for their compost heap.”

“Okay. You’re with me.” He turned to the guys. “You three head back to Jake’s basement. We need to regroup.”

Mongo raised his hand to ask a question.

“Yes?” said Riley.

“Don’t we also need a new plan? Because, I’m sorry, this last one, it was fun and all, but it didn’t turn out so good.”

“I know, Mongo.”

“So we’re gonna fix it, right?”

“We better,” said Jamal. “This is our second lame operation in a row. One more strike, and we’re out.”

Riley sighed. He couldn’t disagree.

“Look, guys, I need to go apologize to Mr. Sowicky. Then we’ll figure out what we do next. Come on, Bree. Do you know where he keeps his stuff?”

“He has like a trailer. It’s just through those trees on the other side.”

Briana and Riley hiked across the fairway while the rest of Riley’s dejected crew headed back to Jake’s house.

“I feel terrible,” Riley mumbled. “We framed an innocent man!”

“So, we’ll unframe him,” said Briana.

“How?”

“I don’t know, but I’m not worried. You’re like an idea hamster, Riley; your wheels are always spinning. You’ll think of something fantabulous.”

Riley nodded grimly.

He would think of a way to save Mr. Sowicky. If not? Well, he’d just have to avoid reflective surfaces for the rest of his life, because he’d never be able to look at himself in a mirror again.

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