Chapter One He went missing on a Tuesday I’ve made a poster LOST FROG Answers to Burgess Might be scared BIG reward I’ve written our phone number in red letters It doesn’t even look like him says my sister Hazel staring at the picture She’s twelve and I’m nine It does I say Are those teeth she asks 1
WSTRUG Answers to Burgess Might be scared BIG reward 073 482 7691 Yeah And eyebrows Yeah She flips her hair off her shoulders Most people put up photo a
I need to get their attention I say Mom slides a piece of toast in front of me I’ll photocopy it at work she says You can put the posters up after school Paper says my sister What about the trees Mom sighs This one time Mom works in recycling Dad says she’s on a mission to get everyone to reduce their trash for a whole year to an amount that will fit in a zip-lock sandwich bag He says most people can’t do it He says he couldn’t do it He had too much garbage for Mom to handle He lives in another city now I look down at my toast slathered with peanut butter the way I like it I push it away I’ll eat it says Hazel taking the toast and biting into it Her teeth grind 3
