The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill by Megan Frazer Blakemore

Author:Megan Frazer Blakemore
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

Samuel and Hazel walked up Brattle Hill past all the brick houses to an old Victorian at its peak. The house was painted a deep purple, with blue trim, and it loomed over the town like a castle in a storybook. Samuel, though, opened the door like it was nothing. They hung their coats in a closet and started up a narrow set of stairs. Up and up and up and then he pushed open a door and they went into a large circular room. There was a bed, a desk, and a bookshelf overflowing with books, but Hazel noticed none of these things. She crossed the room to a picture window that offered a view like none she had ever seen. “You can see the whole town from here.” Indeed it looked like a train set laid out in front of them. All the familiar things were there: Main Street with its handful of stores, Wall’s Garage and the barber shop across the street, the school, the factory, even Memory’s Garden on the north side of town.

“When I was little I used to think I could control it all. I’d point my finger and pretend I was moving cars. It would make me cry if a car turned right when I’d told it to turn left.”

“When you were little?”

“I used to come here with my mom sometimes. This was her room.”

Hazel stared down at her town bustling and moving about like she was watching a movie. She looked back over her shoulder at Samuel and her eyes caught on a huge stack of Batman comic books. She had never seen so many comics all in one place. “Wow! You really like Batman!”

Samuel nodded.

“I’m more of a Superman girl myself.”

“Not me. Superman’s an alien. He was born with his special powers. Batman, though, he’s just Bruce Wayne, just a regular guy, or so it seems. He uses his brains to fight crime.”

“I never thought of it that way.” She kind of liked the idea. Maybe secret crime fighter could be added to her list of future occupations. She decided she would need to spend some time thinking of possible superhero names.

Samuel sat down on the edge of his bed. “I’m sorry I got you grounded.”

“It’s okay,” she said with a shrug. “It got my parents to take their heads out of the plants and actually look at me.”

“At least they’re there.”

Hazel reddened. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean that. I forgot about your father, how he’s—” Hazel could talk and talk and talk, but it seemed like when it really mattered, her words got garbled.

Samuel, though, just shook his head. “Not him. My mother.”

“Oh, I know all about your mother,” Hazel said, meaning to reassure him.

Samuel’s face darkened. “What do you know?”

Hazel opened and shut her mouth. She hadn’t intended to tell him she knew his mom was as Red as Mr. Jones. A good detective would never blow a lead like that. She wanted to trust him, but he had left her high and dry in the cafeteria.

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