We Hold These Truths by Andrew Clements

Author:Andrew Clements
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

CHAPTER 16

The View from Above

Ben stood beside Jill at the front desk of the library.

So . . . was Jill feeling the same pressure he was? Because he felt like they really needed to show Gerritt that she could get something useful out of the librarian without telling her about the Keepers. Even though he’d meant that compliment about Gerritt being a total genius, and even though he truly liked and respected him, somebody still had to show the guy that he wasn’t the absolute king of the universe . . . right?

Mrs. Sinclair looked up at them and smiled.

“May I help you with something?”

Jill said, “Well, I know this is kind of random, but can you think of anything around the school that has to do with stars?”

The librarian nodded. “There are quite a few books on . . .”

Jill shook her head. “No, I’m looking for something that might be part of the school building itself, like a carving on a bookcase or a door somewhere . . . or maybe a design you saw somewhere, something shaped like a star on the floor, or a wall . . . a ceiling somewhere . . . even on a doorknob. . . .”

Jill’s voice trailed off, and Ben saw her start to blush, saw her realize that Mrs. Sinclair must be thinking how crazy she sounded.

But if the librarian was thinking that, she didn’t show it.

“Hmm . . . let me think . . . something to do with stars. . . . No, I can’t really picture anything like that. Can you be a little more specific?”

“Well, if there was something somewhere, it would have to be really old, something as old as Captain Oakes himself, something . . . about a star.”

Again Jill looked embarrassed, but a thought lit up the librarian’s face.

“Oh! I think I have something for you—this way!”

She turned left and walked briskly toward the east wall of library, then stopped just to the left of the alcove—very close to where Gerritt was sitting. He was still staring at his iPad, pretending not to notice them.

Mrs. Sinclair stopped and pointed. “There!”

Jill looked confused, and did Ben too. She was pointing at the big unabridged dictionary. It was lying open in front of her on its own sturdy little stand.

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