The last
and most recent Neighborlee, Ohio book, leading up to the release this week of
DORM RATS, the newest Neighborlee book -- which also happens to be the sequel
to this week's Book of the Week.
From Uncial Press
Excerpt:
We talked about everything we could remember of our dreams, which wasn't
much, just the impression of someone trying to get into wherever we were. Kurt
was frustrated with me that I didn't get an itching feeling. Then he forgot
about that in the surprising discovery revealed by further talking. The itching
was always on the same side of the room, when he woke up from his dreams of the
intruder. Meaning if he lay on his back, the itching was on his right side, but
if he lay on his stomach, the itching was on his left side, and if he was
curled up on his side facing the wall, his face itched. The itching was always
closest to the outer wall of his room.
Talking didn't solve anything, and didn't do us much good in dispelling the nightmares, either. We both had nightmares that night, and on the way to school the next day, we walked at the back of the line so we could talk. There was only one thing we could think of. Fortunately, it was the smart tactic.
At lunchtime, instead of going back to NCH, Kurt and I ran all the way to Divine's Emporium. Our logic was sound, at least, as sound as two elementary-age children could come up with. Miss Angela was the source of all the comic books that Kurt and I used to formulate our superhero rules, and to learn what we could possibly do someday. She was the source of all the wonderful, magical things in our lives. Besides, she had the Wishing Ball, and the clearest thought in my sleep-deprived mind was that I could make a wish and make the nightmares go away.
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