The Mayhem on Mohawk Avenue by Megan Atwood

Author:Megan Atwood [Atwood, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781467700405
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

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voiding Jinx for a whole day had been nearly impossible. And how he’d managed to escape her question about why he’d ignored her calls and texts, he didn’t know. But he had. And he felt relieved.

Then irritation traveled through him. He could have other friends besides Jinx!

Although a friendship with Haley would be a little complicated, he thought, because she was Jinx’s enemy. Even so, Haley had the potential to be a bit more than a friend.

He shook his head to get rid of the thought. Jinx would kill him if she knew that he and Haley had plans to hang out. If he was dating her? He didn’t know if the world could hold Jinx’s anger.

Yet he’d been thrilled all day. At one point during school, Jackson saw Haley in the hallway and they shared a secret look. It made Jackson shiver. Not only was she beautiful, she also had a depth to her that he could now see. Behind that cheerleader outfit and the fake laugh (which Jinx had imitated more than once, and even Jackson had to laugh at) was a person with some soul.

Not to mention, she was seriously pretty.

He tried to concentrate the rest of the day at school, but all that kept running through his mind were the numbers eleven and forty-five. Finally, the bell rang and Jackson headed home. All he had to do was wait seven more hours.

Jackson’s pants caught on a rough patch of bark, but he pulled his leg up to the next limb.

Haley poked her head out of a nearby window. “You’re almost there,” she whispered. “I can grab the bag now if you want.”

Jackson nodded and arced the bag over and up so that Haley could reach it. She caught it on the first grab. She grinned down at him, her long, strawberry-blonde hair swinging below her chin. Thoughts of Rapunzel flashed through Jackson’s mind, but the reality of his precarious position in the tree made him quickly shuffle the rest of the way up. Haley backed away from the window as Jackson swung his legs over the sill and stood up.

Haley’s room had changed since seventh grade. Where a canopy bed filled with stuffed animals had once stood lay a chic bed with a dark wooden frame and a Moroccan-style headboard. The room was no longer drowned in pink—teals and browns, rusty reds and mustard yellows had replaced the old shades. In short, the room had grown up. Looking at Haley, Jackson thought she had too.

Candles burned in every corner of the room. On the floor, in the center, was a circle made of scarves. Two candles burned inside the circle.

Haley seemed shy, and Jackson felt the same way. They stared at each for a minute before Haley cleared her throat and put the bag with the Ouija board on the bed. She opened it and took the board out.

Handing the package to Jackson, she said, “Do you want to do the honors? It’s officially yours.”

Jackson smiled and said, “Sure.

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