The Secret of Goldenrod JANE O’REILLY CAROLR HODA BOOKS M I N N EA POLI S
For Jack Hudson and Ella Jane For Jack Hudson and Ella Jane For Jack Hudson and Ella Jane
Chapter One Chapter One Trina pushed up the brim of her baseball cap and strained against her seat belt to look through the dusty bug-smeared windshield Do you see it yet Poppo Her dad shook his head yawning The two full days of driving since they left New Mexico were nothing com pared to the eternity of the last twenty minutes on a nar row two-lane road flanked by nothing but cornfields The ball game on the radio turned to garbled voices and then to static Read me the directions again her dad said turning off the radio The part after we exit the highway Trina reached for the letter The smudged and crum pled letter she had read a million times Go east until you come to the big red barn with three silos Then turn left onto the dirt road After the double bump cross the creek and turn right That’s it That’s all it says Yup Trina said and then she continued to read the letter out loud with brand-new excitement The house is a Queen Anne with six bedrooms four fireplaces a library a parlor a butler’s pantry Wait a minute How could she have missed it all these times Poppo it doesn’t say anything about bathrooms It better have indoor plumbing 11
