Revenge of the Tiki Men! (6 page)

Liz, Mike, Holly, Jeff, and Sean walked back to town and up Main Street together. Everyone was doing their usual stuff. Opening shops, eating at restaurants, buying groceries, having X rays.

Liz looked around. The town was messed up a little, especially her own house. But, everybody would help rebuild. You couldn't stop Grover's Mill that easily. No way.

“The whole thing is amazing,” Holly muttered. “Almost as if it never happened.”

“Weird is the word,” said Liz. “But if there's one thing we learned, it's that Grover's Mill has been weird for a long time.”

“Pretty much since the beginning,” said Mike. “It'll probably stay that way, too.”

Jeff tossed his baseball cap in the air. Sean caught it, laughed, and started to run with it.

Mike turned to Liz. “Looks like it's going to be nice today. What do you want to do?”

Liz smiled. “Why don't we just wait? I'm sure something will happen. After all—”

Bong!
went the big donut clock, the sun shimmering off its glazed coating.

“—we do live in—”

Sssss!
went the big pancake pan, a stream of smoke hissing into the golden air.

“—The Weird Zone!”

About the Author

Over the last two decades, Tony Abbott has written dozens of mysteries, comics, and adventure books for young readers aged six to fourteen, with series including Danger Guys, the Time Surfers, the Weird Zone, Underworlds, Goofballs, and the long-running fantasy series the Secrets of Droon. He is also the author of the fantasy epic Kringle and the realistic novels
Firegirl
(winner of the 2006 Golden Kite Award for Fiction),
The Postcard
(winner of the 2008 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery), and
Lunch-Box Dream
. Among his latest novels is
The Forbidden Stone
, the first installment of the twelve-book saga the Copernicus Legacy. Tony has taught on the faculty of Lesley University's MFA program in creative writing, is a frequent conference speaker and visitor to schools, and presents workshops to creative writers of all ages. His websites include
www.tonyabbottbooks.com
,
www.thecopernicuslegacy.com
, and the literary blog
www.fridaybookreport.com
.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 1997 by Robert Abbott

Cover design by Connie Gabbert

ISBN: 978-1-4804-8658-4

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