Saves the Future by Patterson James & Grabenstein Chris

Author:Patterson, James & Grabenstein, Chris [Patterson, James & Grabenstein, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adventure, Childrens, Young Adult, Contemporary, Science Fiction, Fantasy
ISBN: 9780316488211
Amazon: 0316488216
Goodreads: 50358125
Publisher: jimmy patterson
Published: 2020-08-31T07:00:00+00:00

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Max scurried around the house to the back door and placed her two spray bottles on the stoop.

Like Darryl had told her, whoever was in charge of the boarded-up Tardis House had secured the back door with a high-tech keypad lock. That meant they cared about what was inside and its history.

At least they would care until it was bulldozed down.

But maybe the people who knew what actually happened inside 244 Battle Road were eager to see it torn down. To bury whatever had happened in the basement all those years ago.

Max knew she couldn’t crawl through a window because they were wired to a burglar alarm system. She’d have to go through the door. And, if she could figure out the combination for the keypad, no one could accuse her of breaking and entering. She’d just be “entering.”

She looked around to see what she could use to help her crack the lock’s code.

Antique paint curled off the house’s weather-beaten clapboard siding. She peeled away a pile of dried paint swirls and ground those flakes in her palm until they became a fine, gritty powder. Next, she placed her hand at the same level as the numbered keypad. Finally, she blew across the finely crushed powder while simultaneously lowering her hand, making certain to cover the entire keypad with a thin layer of paint dust.

When it all settled, Max noted which number on the keypad had the highest concentration of gray powder. Then she looked for the second most, the third most, and the fourth.

Max knew that when a finger touches a surface, it leaves behind an oily residue. That oily residue would act like glue. Each touch after the first will leave slightly less oily “glue” behind. So, to find the first number in the combination, all she had to do was look for the key with the most oil on it and, therefore, the most paint powder. She then followed the dust trail, in descending order of thickness, until she tapped in the correct four-digit code.

The lock popped open.

Max pushed open the door.

Her heart was racing as she fiddled with the flashlight app on the phone every member of the CMI team had been given as part of their field gear.

Yes, she was entering a house that Albert Einstein had visited. That was thrilling. Just like being backstage at the Royal Albert Hall.

But this might also be the house where I lived when I was a baby, she thought.

Or maybe she was just deluding herself. Maybe Max just wanted a more permanent connection to her idol, and the Tardis House legend gave her one. Maybe she was just a regular orphan that somebody had abandoned in a wicker basket on the front porch of the spy house next door, and Dr. Zimm made up the story about finding her in the basement.

Max swung her flashlight around the room. Its beam landed on that cobweb-covered suitcase—the one that looked like a slightly larger version of her old Einstein memorabilia case.

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