The Hit-Away Kid by Matt Christopher

Author:Matt Christopher [CHRISTOPHER, MATTHEW F]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780316095952
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2009-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

6

Barry and José skateboarded as fast as they could up to Susan. Tears shone in her eyes and streamed down her cheeks.

“What’s gone?” Barry asked.

“Tommy’s figurine!” Susan exclaimed. “The little dog statue I had in my pocket! He bought it at Disneyland with his own money!”

Barry pursed his lips. So that was what was sticking out of her pocket, he thought. “Maybe it fell out while you were skateboarding,” he said.

He and José helped her search the sidewalk and the ground. Suddenly he heard loud laughter up ahead.

“Look,” José said. “I think the statue’s been found.”

Barry looked up the sidewalk. Alec Frost was rocking back and forth on his skateboard and tossing something in the air: Tommy’s glass dog. His pals were laughing as they rocked and spun on their skateboards.

“That’s my brother Tommy’s!” Susan yelled, running toward them. “Give it back to me!”

“Bring it back!” Barry cried, running after her.

“Better watch out,” Alec taunted as he teetered on his skateboard. “I might drop it.”

“Come on, Alec,” Barry coaxed. “Hand it over.”

But Alec and his friends only laughed and took off down the street.

“Hey! Where do you think you’re taking that?” Barry shouted. He sped after them, one foot on the skateboard, the other pumping the sidewalk furiously. He could hear José following him closely and Susan lagging farther behind.

What was she doing with that dog figurine anyway? he thought angrily. Why didn’t she leave it at home where it belongs?

“Alec!” he yelled. “You’re stealing that statue! You hear me? It doesn’t belong to you! It’s my brother’s!”

“Crook!” Susan screamed from far behind him.

Alec whipped his skateboard around and stopped. His eyes bore into Barry’s as Barry reached him.

“Crook? What a gas!” he said, and laughed. “Tell your sister about that fly ball you pretended you caught, McGee. Or maybe she already knows about it. If I’m a crook, what does that make you?”

“Knock it off, Alec,” José said.

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