We the Children by Andrew Clements

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

“What’s going on?” asked Jill.

“Surveyors,” Ben said. “That PDF file you sent me, the diagram of the theme park? They’re marking it out on the ground—the theater, the parking lots, the twin wharves—everything. Bulldozers and chainsaws come next.” He unclenched one fist and pointed at the nearest stake. “That is the beginning of the end.”

As they walked closer to the building, Jill said, “There was one e-mail I didn’t send you last night. ’Cause I didn’t want you to stay up all night worrying. It’s about Lyman.”

“What about him?”

“You know how nosy I am, right?”

Ben smiled. “The queen of nosiness.”

Ignoring that, she said, “So I did some snooping. When my mom went to the town meeting last month, she got a booklet with a list of all the town employees. Lyman’s full name is Jerroald F. Lyman.”

“Gerald?” asked Ben.

“No, J-E-R-R-O-A-L-D—which is an odd spelling. And when I put his name into Google, it turns out that there is only one Jerroald F. Lyman in the whole United States. And . . . I found stuff.”

Ben stopped and looked at her. “Like what?”

“He was born in St. Louis. He went to an expensive prep school in Chicago. He graduated from Stanford University, then got a business degree in Philadelphia. He owns a house in Newport and a condo in Florida, plus a sixty-foot sailboat. The guy’s rich. But for the last four months, Jerroald F. Lyman has been living in a rented room at an apartment house in Edgeport, Massachusetts. And he’s working as the assistant janitor. At our school. And I’m sure it’s the same person—I found pictures.”

Ben stared at her, his mouth open. “But if he—I mean—oh . . . Oh! He’s a spy!”

She nodded. “That’s what I figured too. He has to be working for Glennley.”

Ben froze, then grabbed Jill’s arm. “Mr. Keane! Do you think he told Lyman about the coin? And the principal—he has to know about Lyman too, right? That he’s working for Glennley?” Ben noticed he still had her arm and quickly let go.

Jill shrugged. “All I know for sure? We’ve got to watch out. Because Lyman’s real job is to make sure nothing goes wrong with the deal. And it sounds like he’s already suspicious of you—the way he questioned you yesterday. If he figures out that we’re up to something, we’ll lose the element of surprise. And he’ll try to stop us.”

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