Restart by Gordon Korman

Author:Gordon Korman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2017-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Joel is more miserable than ever at Melton Conservatory. I was hoping he’d start to settle in a little better, but it just isn’t happening.

He calls home every night and talks to Mom and Dad, and me too, for hours on end. Most of the time he doesn’t even complain. He just grills us about everything that’s going on in Hiawassee without him, and I can tell he’s so homesick it’s tearing him in two.

The other night, he Skyped in just to watch me give Mitzi, our cocker spaniel, a bath. Mitzi had gotten loose that afternoon, and when she came home, she was covered in crushed leaves and some kind of syrup or honey. It took three soapings and half an hour with a comb to get her clean. Joel stayed online for the whole thing and helped me talk her through it. He even refused to go down to the dining hall for dinner. This was the kid who formerly wouldn’t be in the same room with Mitzi because she made him sneeze.

I don’t dare mention my project with Mr. Solway to Joel. What if he asks who I’m working with? I’m not going to lie, but how can I tell him? And he’ll see right through me if I try to fudge my answer, as in, “Oh, just some new kid …” Twins can read each other, even from miles away.

The hard part is, video club is one of the things Joel asks about the most. I give him updates on the progress we’re making with the video yearbook, and provide play-by-play on Brendan’s pathetic attempts to get Kimberly Tooley to notice him. These days, that’s the only thing that gets a laugh out of Joel. I work very hard not to say anything that might lead him to ask a question I can’t give him the answer to.

He comes close a few times:

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