The League of Unexceptional Children--The Kids Who Knew Too Little by Gitty Daneshvari

Author:Gitty Daneshvari
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories, Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General, Juvenile Fiction / Politics & Government, Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2017-10-10T04:00:00+00:00

NOVEMBER 1, 11:14 A.M. HALLWAY. THE ORDER OF MERIUM

In and out of rooms the trio went, carefully scanning for some sign of the girls, or anyone, for that matter. Other than Harold, they had yet to come across another person.

Jonathan cracked open the door to what looked like a library or study. A sliver of light cut through a small gap between the thick velvet curtains, faintly illuminating the room. Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, stiff leather sofas, and a large table dominated the space.

“Over here,” Shelley whispered, moving through the room. “It’s a model of the Order of Merium.”

It must be one-tenth of the size, or one-hundredth of the size, Shelley thought, before remembering that she didn’t understand fractions and therefore should stick to general descriptions such as “small” or “little.”

“Look down here,” Jonathan said as his eyes went from the kitchen to the basement and finally to a series of tunnels. “I wonder where these lead.”

“Forget the tunnels! Where do these people sleep?” Shelley remarked before excitedly snapping her fingers. “Look at all these teeny-tiny bunk beds.”

Hunched over, angling for a closer view, Carl appeared unusually interested in the sleeping quarters. It was a marked change for the boy, who thus far had shown more interest in pancakes than the mission.

“I wonder where they got these little beds,” Carl mumbled. “I’d love to buy a few for my chipmunks.”

Shelley lowered her head and peered over the top of her glasses. “You have pet chipmunks?”

“When you spend as much time in trees and bushes as I do, you tend to make friends with the locals.”

Shelley nodded as a twinge of jealousy took hold—befriending wildlife had long been on her to-do list. And while a baby kangaroo was her first choice, she would have been more than happy with a chipmunk or two.

As the chipmunk chatter continued, Jonathan focused in on the shape of the wall surrounding the Order of Merium—a perfect circle. How many homes, or castles, for that matter, were enclosed in a perfect circle? Odd, Jonathan thought. But then again, this was a secret society; maybe there was a reason for the shape? Jonathan’s eyes moved from the wall to the front door. There, mounted on the stone surface, just to the left of the tall wooden gate, was a black lever. After running his finger over the lever a few times, he gently pushed down.

“Oh no… what have I done?” Jonathan mumbled upon hearing what sounded like garbage trucks picking up cans.

“Wow,” Shelley muttered as she watched a metal lattice emerge from inside the model’s wall, rising over the top of the castle, creating a dome, and locking down onto the other side.

“Great,” Jonathan sighed. “As if things weren’t already hard enough…”

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