The Lifters by Dave Eggers

Author:Dave Eggers [Dave Eggers]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781524764180
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00

He knew he wanted to join her and help her, and knew that to do so he needed to find his way underground. He didn’t want to go all the way back to the hillside. So he stepped through the wet grass in his bare feet and ducked behind his garage. There he found the spot where he and Catalina had re-entered the world the other night.

He took a breath.

He dropped to his knees.

The ground beneath him was just dirt, a few stray patches of grass. But it had been a door just a few nights ago. Why couldn’t it be a door again?

He took the brass C and pushed it into the earth.

Immediately he felt something like a click. There was no sound, but the handle seemed to grab hold of the earth. Gran positioned his legs and pulled, and the ground beneath him became a door. It was heavier than a regular door, but not by much. Opening it made no sound.

He’d done it! He’d opened a door where there had been no door. Holding it open, instinctively he looked around him, to make sure no one was watching. He peeked around the corner of the garage, and saw the window of the living room, his mother and sister’s faces blue from the light of the television. They suspected nothing.

He turned back to the door, and saw the warm yellow illumination of the tunnel.

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