Puddlejumpers (34 page)

“Shawn, breakfast.” It was Betty calling from the front porch.

“Yeah, come and get it, Cubber,” chimed Joey, still in her pajamas. “Russ made blueberry pancakes!”

“Be right there,” he answered.

Shawn tucked his prized Ernie Banks card into the pocket of his jeans, then raced back into the field to check his mason jar. Empty!

“Hooty-hooooo!”
he shouted with a radiant smile.
“Hooty-hooooo!”
he shouted again. Then, with a final look across the dancing wheat, he headed back to the house for breakfast.

Shawn Frazier was home, at last.

MARK JEAN
is an award-winning director, writer, and producer of film and television. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

CHRISTOPHER C. CARLSON
lives in Los Angeles, where he writes, teaches, and rambles the Griffith and Elysian hills with his good dog, Molé.

Mark and Christopher have collaborated on several projects, including the screenplay for Cynthia Voigt's
Homecoming
. This is their first middle-grade novel.

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