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1 " You’re only a first year!” Tina cried. “And you’re already getting death threats! Do you have any idea how lucky you are? "
― Stuart Gibbs , Spy Camp (Spy School #2)
2 " Apparently, it was common for children to participate in the Civil War, and thus, lots of fathers had brought their sons along for a fun family weekend of simulated violence and bloodshed. "
3 " I see it,” Alexander said. “It says: EXTERIOR MONKEY MONITORING ORGANISM.” “No,” Claire corrected. “It says SURFACE MISSILE CONTROL SYSTEM.” “Oh,” Alexander said, trying to save face. “I must have been using the wrong dialect. "
4 " I could imagine her as a kindergartener, making a high-tech raid on the family cookie jar. "
5 " I looked "
6 " Erica approached a door marked RESTRICTED: DO NOT ENTER WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION, then jimmied the lock and entered without authorization. "
7 " Hey Ben! Just wanted you to know we’ll be coming for you soon. Your pals at SPYDER I "
8 " I was regarded as sort of cool; preventing the destruction of your school and capturing the agent responsible does great things for your social life. "
9 " his fake sideburns had been torn from his cheek and was now perched on his ear like a small rodent, but he was too angry to notice. “What have you done?” he screamed at us. “What have you done?” “Well, it’s obvious,” I said. “We’ve blown up a rebel minivan.” In the farmhouse, the SPYDER agents disappeared from the upstairs windows and never reappeared again. "
10 " Well, it’s obvious,” I said. “We’ve blown up a rebel minivan. "
11 " And then you get there and find out they think ‘fun’ means getting mauled by mosquitoes and pooping in an outhouse. "
12 " The bears that are following us.” “Don’t be absurd,” Alexander snapped. “There are no bears in this part of the country.” A loud, angry growl echoed through the trees. A large bear emerged from the forest only a few feet away from Alexander. Then two more appeared behind it. Alexander went as pale as a dead fish. Erica sighed. “Don’t you ever get tired of being wrong?” she asked. "
13 " Except Warren, who gave me a cold glare. “You didn’t tell Tina I said hi,” he said. "
14 " As Erica had warned, he couldn’t outrun them. Soon, they were nipping at his heels. Unfortunately, Alexander forgot step one—try to fight them off—and went right for step two: play dead. He dropped to the ground so quickly that the mother bear actually tripped over him, like he was a human speed bump. "
15 " You can remember entire books?” Erica looked at me curiously. “You can’t?” “No! "
16 " The water was supposed to look like molten lava, although it actually looked far more like blood (for which reason every kid in town called the volcano Mount Hemorrhoid). "
17 " replied. “I picked up a few new forensic techniques, learned how to be in a car chase while driving "
18 " Alexander was as dangerous as a wet napkin. "
19 " Frankly, I would have preferred finding a bomb in my room. I knew how to handle a bomb. The principal, on the other hand, was far more unpredictable. "
20 " approachable "