The Class by Frances O'Roark Dowell

Author:Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Published: 2019-10-07T16:00:00+00:00

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“It was Becca Hobbes,” Rogan said as soon as Ethan sat down. “Obviously. Only, Cole here disagrees with me.”

“It’s too obvious,” argued Cole, who as always was drawing something in his sketchbook. “I mean, at least now that Becca’s gotten all strange. You know who I think did it? Ariana. Because she’s the last person in the world you’d think would do it. Becca used to be that person, but now she’s prime suspect numero uno, and the prime suspect never ends up being the one who’s done the crime.”

He held up his drawing of Ariana wearing a burglar’s mask and carrying a sack filled with stuff over her shoulder.

“Dude, nice. But what’s Ariana’s motive?” Ethan asked, feeling like Sherlock Holmes (and a little like Cammi Lovett). “Why would she do it?”

“She wants to get everyone to quit talking about how she called Becca a—you know,” Cole replied. “And she knows, given how Becca’s been acting lately, that everyone will think Becca did it. It’s called subterfuge, my friend.”

Ethan shook his head. “Nah, Ariana wouldn’t risk it. Because if she got caught, then she’d have to hand over her Queen of the Nice Girls crown.”

“Yeah, I’m with Ethan here,” Rogan said. “Ariana’s got too much to lose. So how about Petra?”

“Old Petra, sure,” Cole said. “New Petra? I don’t think so.”

Ethan agreed. “It’s like she traded in her meanness for… I don’t know. Something else.”

“A space alien suit,” Rogan supplied. “The only reason I’d go to the middle-school dance is to see her there with Stefan.”

They all cracked up at that.

“Hey, maybe Stefan did it!” Cole exclaimed, and they cracked up some more.

Ethan looked over where Ariana, Elizabeth, and Aadita were eating lunch. He didn’t know why he and Rogan and Cole were mostly focused on girls when the thief was probably Henry. Henry was famous for doing dumb, super-irritating things. Stealing Mrs. Herrera’s favorite book would be right up his alley.

But when his eyes landed on Ellie Barker, a new thought came to Ethan’s brain. Ellie was kind of this mystery girl, always taking notes and hanging around different groups of people without actually joining in. Plus, she liked to read, and he’d seen her standing next to Mrs. Herrera’s special collection of special things a lot. It was like she couldn’t take her eyes off it.

But why would Ellie steal a copy of Hatchet? Or those three little kittens (including the one with the broken ear)? What would she do with that picture of Mrs. Herrera’s favorite teacher? None of it made sense to Ethan. Well, maybe stealing Hatchet—in spite of what Carson thought, it was probably super valuable. But the other stuff was junk.

Ellie Barker. Ethan nodded his head slowly. Other than Aadita, she was the last person in the world who anyone would suspect. And that was why Ethan suspected her. Now all he had to do was figure out where she’d hidden the goods. Now all he had to do was spy on the spy.

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