The Haunted Lighthouse (2 page)
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Authors: Penny Warner
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Excerpt from “Code Buster’s Club, Case #3: The Mystery of the Pirate’s Treasure”
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G
uys … look at this!” Cody Jones said to her fellow Code Buster Club members, who were spread out in her upstairs bedroom doing homework.
Quinn Kee, the self-appointed leader of the club and math whiz, lay on the floor composing a sudoku puzzle for the others to solve. His ever-present aviator sunglasses rested on top of his spiky black hair.
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Luke LaVeau lay sprawled across the bed on his stomach, studying his spelling words. MariaElena Esperanto—M.E. for short—took up her usual spot in Cody’s red beanbag chair, writing a poem. Sitting at her desk, Cody pointed to her computer screen. The cryptic message she’d just received had caused the back of her neck to tingle.
From: [email protected]
Subject: Treasure Hunt
Message:
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Luke and Quinn sat up to see the computer screen. M.E. rolled over to view it. Cody read the message aloud and then turned to them. “Did one of you guys write this?” she asked, raising a suspicious eyebrow. The Code Busters were known for writing and sending coded messages to each other. That’s why they’d formed their club. They had recently solved a real crime involving Cody’s former neighbor, Mr. Skelton—the man they used
to call “Skeleton Man.”
“I didn’t,” M.E. said, her dark eyes wide. She glanced at the two boys.
“Me, either,” Luke added, leaning back, his tall, lanky body melting into the comforter.
“Don’t look at me!” Quinn said, when Cody turned her attention to him. He scrunched up his face and studied the message again.
“You’re
sure
none of you wrote this?” Cody stared at each one of her friends, her red-haired ponytail swishing behind her as she moved her head.