meri's mirror Taltletale Traiton by Jan Fields Illustrated by Tracy Bishop magic wagon
Coatroom Crashes Meredith Mercer hauled her backpack into Room Eight She dropped it on her worktable with a clunk and her sparkly pink pen fell out of a small tear in the front pocket Meri caught it before it could roll off the table The pen was a present from her big sister It even had her name on it in glittery letters Hannah had brought it home to Meri after she spent a weekend away visiting colleges Meri didn't like to think of her sister going away to college Meri shifted the heavy backpack on the worktable It was heavier than usual She unzipped it and pulled out the reason The Complete Oz Collection was the thickest book
Meri had ever owned She already loved it Her grandmother had sent the book as a late birthday present Gram's presents were always late because she mixed up the birthdays of all her grandchildren Since she had fifteen Meri thought it wasn't strange to get mixed up She didn't mind getting late presents It made her birthday last longer Meri patted the book She was thinking about using it with her other favorite birthday present the magic mirror from her aunt Prudence Whenever Meri put a book in front of the mirror for a while the main character appeared in the mirror That magic had gotten Meri out of a couple tough problems so far Plus she thought it would be cool to talk to Dorothy about Oz She took out her water bottle and put it beside the book then hauled the backpack into the coatroom She set her lunch box on the shelf under her backpack hook As she
