Undercover Tailback by Matt Christopher

Author:Matt Christopher [CHRISTOPHER, MATTHEW F]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780316094573
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2009-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

7

For the next few days, Parker saw hooded school sweatshirts everywhere he looked. Five kids in his own homeroom wore them, including Cris and Spike.

One morning he noticed someone suspicious running out of the principal’s office. It turned out to be some kid who was late for gym class.

Later on, another likely suspect showed up in his music class. This time, he found out that the kid had just been too slow to get dressed after gym!

There ought to be a rule that you can’t go around the school in a sweatshirt, Parker thought as he sat by himself in the back of the school bus. And then, just as fast, he shook his head. That’s not the problem, anyhow.

He just had to catch the spy in the act.

But how? He muddled over several methods of spying.

When Melissa’s best friend, Sally, got off the bus, Melissa moved into the empty seat next to him.

“I smell wood burning,” she announced. “Parker, you must be thinking!”

“Cute, Melissa, very cute,” he said.

“All right, Parker,” she said. “I was just kidding. What’s going on? Are you still getting grief about your helmet?”

“No, it’s not that.” He sighed. “I just know I saw someone doing something wrong, you know, committing a crime. But I can’t figure out how to prove it, and besides, no one believes me.”

“Poor Parker,” said Melissa. “It’s not as easy as it is on TV, is it?”

“No. But hey — maybe I can get some clues that way,” he said. “Thanks, Melissa, you just might have helped.”

“Really?”

“Scout’s honor,” he said.

“Parker! You were never a scout!”

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