The Great (Food) Bank Heist by Onjali Q. Raúf

Author:Onjali Q. Raúf
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
Published: 2021-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

It was the empty space on her finger.

“Mum!” I cried out. “Nan’s ring …”

Heading over to the fridge, Mum opened the door and pretended she was looking for something inside it. My insides were getting too heavy, so I went and opened a cupboard door and put my head inside that.

We always ended up like that whenever I found out that Mum had paid a visit to the pawn shop.

When I was little, I used to think pawn shops had made a spelling mistake and that they sold prawns but had just forgotten to put the “r” in. But they hadn’t, because they don’t really sell anything at all. Not even prawns.

They let you borrow money in exchange for your most precious, most expensive things. And then, if you ever earn enough money again, you can go and buy your things back from them. But that never happens. Not for Mum anyway.

As I sat with my head in the cupboard, I made a promise that when I grew up, I would get a job that paid me millions of pounds and I would go and buy back Nan’s ring just as quick as I could!

But for now, I wouldn’t let Mum take any more of her things to the pawn shop. Nan’s ring had to be the last pawn – ever! So as I waited for Mum to leave the fridge, I decided Krish was right. It was time to make a stake-out plan and catch the food bank thieves.

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