by Mike Costanzo | Dec 2, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Liza, Eddie, Melody, and Howie (the Bailey School kids) have to do a report about rocks. The new bus driver, Mr. Stone, takes the kids to the public library on the bus. The bus driver wears sunglasses, has gray hair combed into points behind his ears and eyes like a...
by Mike Costanzo | Dec 1, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
A wind storm chases the kids inside. The red dust stirred up by the storm causes Liza to sneeze. The kids decide to take her to the nurse. On the way the kids see a mysterious woman who doesn’t seem to be able to open the school door. Nurse Smedley retired so the...
by Mike Costanzo | Dec 1, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Men from the Bell Construction Company come to Bailey School. They are very short. Hollis Bell is the boss. He wears a bright green construction hat and work boots so old and thin that the toes curl up. Hammers, screwdrivers, and pliers hang from a tool belt around...
by Mike Costanzo | Dec 1, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Huey and Ben are fighting. A stranger in dark clothes with pointy black cowboy boots breaks up the fight. Later, Mr. Davis introduces the stranger as Mr. Drake, the new guidance counselor. Liza notices that Mr. Drake’s hand is as cold as ice – “cold enough...
