The Mystery of the Birthday Basher by Amirah Kassem

Author:Amirah Kassem
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2020-10-13T00:00:00+00:00

“B-Buds!” Amirah cried. “I found it! I found my present!”

Their footsteps clattered through the tent as Elvis, Mei, Olivia, Lacey, and Ziggy raced to meet her.

“What is it?” they asked, all at the same time.

“It’s a book,” Amirah said, her voice filled with wonder as she stared at the cover. The image on it shifted every few seconds. First a cake . . . then a card . . . then a gift . . . then a bunch of balloons . . .

Amirah lightly traced her hand across the cover of the book. Suddenly, words began to appear where her fingers had been.

She gasped, then read: “The Story of the Magical Land of Birthdays.”

Amirah looked up at the B-Buds. “I think this is it,” she said. “The clue we’ve been searching for. I think we’re going to find out everything we need to know.”

“What are we waiting for?” Elvis asked eagerly. “Let’s read it!”

Amirah and the B-Buds sat on the ground in a circle. Then Amirah opened the book.

The page was blank.

She quickly turned to the next page, only to discover it was blank too.

“They’re blank,” she said as she flipped from one page to the next. She looked up at her B-Buds in dismay. “It’s a blank book!”

Everyone started talking at once.

“Is it a fake?”

“Is it someone else’s present?”

“Maybe you’re supposed to write the story of the Magical Land of Birthdays!”

“Maybe the story starts now!”

Amirah tried to focus. In her heart, she knew it was the right present. But she couldn’t figure out why the pages were blank. There had to be a reason—

Turn the page.

The voice inside Amirah was louder than ever. She nodded, almost to herself. She would turn every page in this thick book, each and every one of hundreds of pages, until she reached the very end.

“Amirah?”

She glanced up.

“It’s blank. Why do you keep turning the pages?” Mei asked.

“I don’t know,” Amirah said simply. “I just want to see every page—just to make sure—”

Then, suddenly, she gasped. Halfway through the book, words began to appear like magic the moment Amirah touched the page.

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