The Fantastic Library Rescue and Other Major Plot Twists by Deborah Lytton

Author:Deborah Lytton [Lytton, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2018-02-14T05:00:00+00:00

I stand at the tip of a very long piece of paper. It is so long that it extends all the way from my castle into the forest. Only the bravest knight can walk across this paper and create the footprints that will tell her story. I am that knight. I dip my boots into a golden bucket of green paint. Then I begin to walk across the paper. Every step I take creates a new word. I will continue on this journey until my story is told. Generations to come will know of me and my bravery. For I am the Knight of the Epic Poem.

When the bell rings for lunch, I don’t even notice. It isn’t until Siri says my name that I look up from the paper. It is completely covered with words, both the front and back.

“Lunch,” Siri tells me. I blink once. Twice. Then I notice that everyone is getting their lunches out of their backpacks.

I can’t wait to tell Dad that when it’s right, you really can write. I jump out of my seat. I have lots of planning to do at lunch. I can’t waste a single moment. Mrs. Sablinsky is collecting the poems and putting them into two separate folders. The yellow one for incomplete. The red one for finished.

I hand her my paper. She looks down, and for a split second, I think I see her lips curve into a smile. Only it’s so fast that I can’t be completely sure. In case she thinks I am ready for the red folder, I tell her, “I need to work on it tomorrow. I don’t have the ending yet.”

She nods and slips my poem into the yellow folder. I try not to notice that I am the only one with a paper in that folder, which means I am the only student who hasn’t finished yet. I just force myself to think about something else, something happier. Like chocolate-chip caramel ice cream (my favorite).

I pull my lunch bag out of my leopard backpack while Siri waits for me. Charlotte is standing near the door.

“Ready?” I ask as I hand Siri my lunch so I can pull on my sweatshirt.

But Charlotte shakes her head. “Go ahead. I’ll meet you there.”

“Are you sure?” Siri asks. We always walk to lunch together.

Charlotte just nods before moving toward Mrs. Sablinsky’s desk. Siri and I head outside together. The weather is starting to get colder now that it’s almost Thanksgiving. I have to zip up my sweatshirt one-handed while we are hurrying down the stairs. In case you haven’t tried this before, it’s not as easy as it sounds.

Siri and I squeeze in next to Jessica. Daisy sits across from us with Charissa, Brooke, and Sophie.

I can’t wait to tell them all about my plan to save the library so we can start brainstorming ideas. But Charlotte isn’t here yet. It kind of annoys me that I have something super-duper important to say but I can’t say it because everyone isn’t here.

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