Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

Author:Chris Grabenstein [Grabenstein, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-97496-9
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2013-06-24T16:00:00+00:00

Excited by the sudden appearance of a second bonus card, Sierra read it out loud:

“ ‘Two plus two can equal more than four. Put two and two together and you’ll be closer than before.’ ”

Akimi raised her hand.

“Yes?” said Sierra.

“You do realize that Miguel here isn’t on our team?”

“Oh. Right. Sorry.”

Miguel turned to Kyle. “You guys are a team?”

“Yep. You want to join?”

“Maybe. Not sure. Check back with me later, man.”

“No problem,” said Kyle.

He fist-thumped his chest. Miguel fist-thumped his. They were flashing each other peace signs when Sierra said, “I think this means we should all play together as a team. Remember what it says on the fountain down in the lobby: ‘Knowledge not shared remains unknown.’ ”

“Maybe,” said Miguel. “Like I said—let me get back to you guys. I’m workin’ on a few angles of my own. Flying solo.”

“Sure. No problem.” Kyle was about to do the whole fist-chest-bump-peace-sign thing again when he had a brainstorm. “Miguel? Quick question. What’s on your library card?”

Miguel shrugged. “My name and the number one.”

“Anything else? Like on the back?”

“Nothing really. Couple of books.”

“Two?”

“Yeah.”

“What’re their titles?”

Miguel bit his lip. “Don’t want to say.”

“Because you think they might be clues?”

“Not saying what I might or might not be thinking, bro.”

Kyle nodded.

“There are two different books on the back of everybody’s library cards,” said Akimi, thinking out loud. “ ‘Put two and two together and you’ll be closer than before.’ The book titles are some sort of clue. My books are One—”

“Um, Akimi?” Kyle shook his head. Nodded toward Miguel.

“Right. Sorry. My bad.”

“Oh-kay, Miguel,” said Kyle. “If and when you decide to team up with us, you can show us the two books on the back of your card; we’ll all show you ours. We’ll also split the prize four ways. Deal?”

“Deal.”

“Come on, guys.” Kyle gestured toward the exit.

“Where are we going?” asked Sierra.

Kyle dropped his voice. “The Electronic Learning Center.”

“You want to play video games?” said Akimi. “Now? Seriously, Kyle, we may need to rethink your status as team captain.”

“I don’t want to play video games. I want to check out the discard pile.”

“Huh?”

“The cards the players who went home early dumped into that goldfish bowl!”

“I’m comin’ with you guys,” said Miguel. “I’ve been thinking about those extra cards, too.”

“Fine,” said Kyle. “Whatever.”

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