The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family by Sarah Kapit

Author:Sarah Kapit [Kapit, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2021-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

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LOCATION: Breakfast table, 7:00 a.m.

EVENT: C. checked her phone a bajillion times (approximately speaking). Did not respond when I very nicely asked her to pass the milk.

QUESTION FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION: Why is my sister keeping secrets from me?

Lara had so wanted a distraction from her discoveries about Dad. For better or worse, she now had one. Caroline was most definitely up to something. The first clue was the way Caroline kept checking her phone over breakfast. Not that this was unusual. Ever since school had started, Caroline’s phone had practically been glued to her hand. Normally, she wore a bright grin as she tapped away at it, talking to this mysterious friend of hers. Today she still stared at the screen, but her responses were brief. The corner of her mouth twitched every time the phone pinged.

Very suspicious indeed.

The second clue was the way Caroline reacted to Dad and Ima—or rather, her total lack of reaction. Barely a dozen words passed between the parents throughout the entire morning, and six of them were Ima’s very cool announcement: “I’ll take the kids to school.”

Dad nodded. He didn’t even bother glancing up from his phone.

By instinct, Lara glanced over to Caroline so that they could have one of their wordless conversations. But she too kept her eyes fixed on her phone, seemingly unaware of everything else.

It all just irritated Lara. Was she the only one who cared about Dad and Ima and the catastrophe that was unfolding between them? What could possibly be so important to Caroline that she would just ignore the rest of them in favor of her phone?

She didn’t like it even a little bit.

When Ima finally dropped them off at school, Caroline didn’t bother saying goodbye to any of them before heading off who knows where. It was then that Lara made a decision. She was going to follow Caroline and figure out what, exactly, had so captured her sister’s attention.

Today, Lara’s first class was orchestra. The teacher didn’t seem to notice Lara much, thanks to her complete lack of musical talent. So she probably wouldn’t notice Lara slipping in late. That left plenty of time for her mission.

The real trick, she knew, would be to observe Caroline without Caroline observing her. Lara tried to imagine what Georgia Ketteridge would do, but the books were sadly lacking in detailed instructions on how to spy on your sister.

She did her very best to look normal as she walked over to the main sixth-grade hallway. It teemed with kids laughing, talking, and in one case, practicing an energetic dance routine. On the plus side, all the people made it easy to avoid being spotted by Caroline. On the minus side, the people made it difficult to actually see Caroline.

Lara took in a deep breath as she wove through the masses. She narrowly avoided being kicked in the chest by a dancer who clearly had no manners. Lara clenched her jaw and scanned the sea of people.

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