Doughnuts and Disasters Katharine the Almost Great is missing Abby cried She set down the stack of chapter books she was carrying Dakota sat back on his heels and looked up at her What do you mean she’s missing My favorite book isn’t on the shelf Abby replied She touched the space on the bookcase in front of her Dakota rolled his eyes This is a library People are supposed to check out books Abby shook her head You don’t understand I put The Biggest Star by Far right here last night We helped Mrs Mackenzie until closing time Then we 4
came in this morning when the library opened There hasn’t been time for anyone to check it out Dakota shrugged It was Friday night There were a lot of people in the library Abby Someone must have checked it out when you weren’t looking How many times have you read it anyway A lot Abby Abby She had said had actually read it it ten times But ut she wasn’t going to tell Dakota that Aren’t there other Katharine the Almost Great books Dakota asked 5 55
Yes but I like The Biggest Star by Far best Abby said Abby loved to read and she loved the library She and her friends helped the children’s librarian Mrs Mackenzie They had started when their third grade teacher Mr Kim had assigned a Community Helpers Project Now Abby and her friends volunteered there all the time Hanging out at the library was fun Well choose another book Dakota suggested Let someone else have that Katharine the Almost Great book for a while Tap Tap Tap Abby’s foot tapped the floor I wasn’t going to check it out she said I just wondered where it was Look out Dakota yelled grabbing Abby’s arm He yanked her down beside him A huge stuffed purple dinosaur sailed over the top of the bookcase It 6
barely missed Abby Her stack of books crashed to the floor Dakota stood up Be careful he said to a little boy The boy grabbed the dinosaur and ran away giggling Mrs Mackenzie came out of her office That’s Evan Thomas she said He comes to Story Time Sometimes he’s a real handful Dakota bent down to help Abby pick up her books that had toppled How old is he he asked Four said Mrs Mackenzie He has an older brother Jeremy He must be about your age Abby and Dakota stared at each other Jeremy Thomas they both asked at the same time Mrs Mackenzie nodded Do you know him Abby took a deep breath He’s in our class He’s always getting in trouble 7
