Table of Contents The Yard 7 Evan in the Middle 12 Garbage Duty 15 Crash Course 18 Big Shoes to Fill 22 Anyone Need a Lifeguard 29 Sharks and Boots 32 It’s in the Bag 35 5
1 The Yard Looking into the yard you might think a school let the students out for recess Kids of all sizes and ages played in the grass Soccer balls a baseball bat a few orange cones were scattered everywhere But it wasn’t the school yard It was the Reed’s backyard and all the kids playing there were siblings Two tall blonde boys threw a football back and forth to each other One of the boys Jack caught the ball hugged it close to his stomach and started to run He pretended to break a tackle to the left and spun around to avoid a tackle to the right 7
