Table of Contents Possible Alien Encounter 6 A Spy at School 11 Secret Messages 16 Invisible Spies 23 Secret Agent Guy 28 The Dead Drop 34 The Cookie is Baked 44 Cracking the Code 50 5
Chapter 1 Possible Alien Encounter Who knows what is so special about next week Miss Flores asked I raised my hand A mega-asteroid is going to hit the moon and school will be canceled for the rest of our lives Good try but that’s not quite the answer I was looking for Rocket My name is actually Ronald Carson Gonzaga but everyone calls me Rocket on account of me being the speediest kid around My friend Tully raised her hand Next week we have both the 100th day of school and Valentine’s Day Miss Flores smiled Right The 100th day of school is Wednesday and Valentine’s Day is Thursday For the 100th day of school I’d like you to put 100 items on an article of clothing to wear 6
to class I exchanged grins with Caleb Lyra Tully and Alex my four best friends and the best detectives at Watson Elementary We are so good at solving cases we even have a name the Gumshoe Gang We do not actually have gum on our shoes A gumshoe is a detective who solves cases The school secretary Mr Sleuth gave us that name way back when we were in second grade Can I glue 100 Hot Wheels cars to my shirt Caleb asked He loves cars and math He is also really messy What about glass beakers asked Alex pushing his glasses up his nose Alex was really smart and he loved science Miss Flores frowned Unfortunately I think that would be a safety hazard I’m going to do candy Aidan said I want to use safety pins Maya said I call diamonds Tully said She was very smart and organized and her favorite thing was (cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:79)(cid:82)(cid:87)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:72)(cid:76)(cid:85)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:78)(cid:79)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:87)(cid:191)(cid:87)(cid:86)(cid:17) Lyra raised her hand I want to use candy hearts Can I eat them off my shirt Lyra was a 7
