Samantha Spinner and the Spectacular Specs by Russell Ginns

Author:Russell Ginns
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00

Samantha rose from under the fire hydrant by the Volunteer Park Conservatory.

She walked home slowly, as she only had one shoe and didn’t want to step on anything sharp. Even more than that, she was exhausted.

It was going to take Nipper a while to catch up, so she headed to her bedroom for a nap. She hung her purse on the back of the door and stowed the umbrella under her mattress. She spent ten minutes struggling with her hairbrush before giving up.

“PSST,” she said, dropping the brush on her dresser. “Puzzled, sore, shoeless, and tired.”

Samantha looked at her clock. It was only two p.m., and she had already been around the world. Literally. All the way around the world. Super-secret travel was tiring, especially when you were also running from clowns.

She flopped down on her bed and tried to take a nap.

Her mind was full.

She thought about Buffy’s crazy play and Cleopatra’s Needle.

She thought about slidewalks and tables piled high with spices.

She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

Her muscles relaxed.

She drifted….

Screee! Screee! Zicky zicky zicky scree-dleeee!

She sat up quickly. Out in the hall, a chinchilla had let loose a piercing squeal. It made Samantha’s teeth hurt, but she was too exhausted to get up. She lay back down and closed her eyes again.

She thought about Seydou, with his big smile and his cool hat with the secret-map visor. She pictured him on his motorcycle, leading away the tiny car full of clowns.

Horrible clowns. Were they the SUN that Uncle Paul warned her about?

How did they know about the umbrella? And how come they all sneezed and fell down when they smelled spices in the market?

Did they follow her there? Or had they been in Mali before?

Samantha sighed. Too many questions. She stretched her shoulders.

Zicky zicky zicky scree-dleeee!

She tensed up again. A chinchilla had found a brand-new way to irritate her. She turned sideways and tried to ignore the sound of the shrieking rodent. She clenched both fists.

Zicky. Zicky. Zick—

The noise stopped suddenly. Samantha waited for the chinchilla to start shrieking again. But it didn’t. Everything stayed quiet. Dead quiet.

“Whatever,” she whispered.

Samantha started thinking about Uncle Paul and the stickers.

She pictured glowing yellow letters A, L, I, and M, spinning around and around.

Her hands relaxed. She breathed deeply and drifted off to sleep.

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