The Ghost Backstage by Dori Hillestad Butler

Author:Dori Hillestad Butler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-10-21T16:00:00+00:00

“I gave Mr. Hartshorn his keys back this morning,” Amber said. “I was late because I had safety patrol. Ask anyone. I was outside until, like, five minutes ago. And just because my dad owns a paint store doesn’t prove anything. Are you sure that’s even paint on the wall?”

Ethan touched the B in the word Beware. “Whatever it is, it’s still wet.” He held out his smudged finger for everyone to see. “It feels like slime. Glow-in-the-dark slime.”

“Hey, let’s see if it really does glow in the dark,” Noah said. He flipped the light switch and the room went dark.

“Aaaaahhhh!” several kids shrieked as the dripping words and creepy eyes glowed bright.

“Turn the light on! Turn the light on!” someone cried.

Claire flipped the switch and the light came back on.

“You know what I think it is?” Noah asked.

“What?” several kids asked at the same time.

“GHOST BLOOD!” Noah cried as he lunged at Jonathan. “I think Ghost Boy’s ghost wrote that message in ghost blood!”

Jonathan shrank back.

“Ewww!” squealed one of the girls.

“It does kind of look like ghost blood,” Gia said in a small voice.

Claire studied the message on the wall.

“There’s no such thing as ghost blood,” Kaz told her. But he had to admit the creepy eyes and the drippy words were the same color as ghosts when they glowed.

“Has your ghost been back, Ghost Boy?” Ethan asked Jonathan.

“Wooooooooooo!” Several kids raised their hands and pretended to be ghosts. Others laughed.

Jonathan’s face grew red.

“What’s going on?” Mr. Hartshorn came up behind them. “Why are you all backstage?” His jaw tightened as he read the ghostly message. “Who wrote that?” he asked, glancing at each student.

Silence.

Mr. Hartshorn frowned. “Well, if no one is going to admit responsibility, I think you can all go get some cleaning supplies from the janitor’s closet and clean it up.”

“All of us?” Ethan said. “We all have to clean it up even though we didn’t do it?”

“Yes,” Mr. Hartshorn said. “Rehearsal is over for today.”

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