by Mike Costanzo | Dec 2, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
The kids get to go to Jewel’s Pizza Castle for being reading wizards. The pizza castle is very old looking and even has a drawbridge. George, the owner, is old looking and has trouble with a finicky cook. The pizza they eat is fantastic, although George refuses to let...
by Mike Costanzo | Dec 2, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Melody makes snow angels, which Eddie almost tramples. Melody tells Eddie that everyone has a guardian angel. Eddie points out that the new crossing guard needs one so she won’t get run over by a car while she is painting new crosswalk stripes. She is wearing a bright...
by Mike Costanzo | Dec 2, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Liza, Eddie, Melody, and Howie (the Bailey School kids) are to have their eyes examined at school. The Ophthalmologist is a very tall man with shoulders wide enough to fit two large potted plants on. When the kids first met him he was wearing green and red plaid...
by Mike Costanzo | Dec 2, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Coach Ellison has gone on a cruise and left Coach Tuttle to help them beat the Sheldon Shooters. Coach Tuttle has jet black hair, cut in a straight line over his eyebrows. A fat bandage is stuck over his suntanned nose. He also has a bandage on his right hand and a...
by Mike Costanzo | Dec 2, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Eddie, Melody, Liza, and Howie (the Bailey School kids) must do a report on England so they go to the Bailey City library. Eddie complains until he sees the huge fish tank behind the librarians’ counter. Little fish swim around a castle with one huge goldfish named...
