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...
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...
by Mike Costanzo | Dec 1, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
The Bailey kids are going to Camp Lone Wolf. Howie is reading the book Creatures of the Deep. It’s a neat book about monsters that live in the water. Camp Lone Wolf has a brand new sign: Camp Lone Wolf: A Home for Every Plant and Creature. The kids hear bagpipe music...
