The Pack #3: Two Truths and a Lion

Informationen zum Autor Lisi Harrison Klappentext "Sadie and her pack of best friends are back one last time in this series finale about girls with animal powers from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisi Harrison."--Publisher's description. Leseprobe One Sadie Samson shot past the Douglas firs, navigating mud, rocks, and fallen branches at forty-eight miles per hour. Twice the speed of an average human. It was perfect for outrunning cops and watchdogs. She would have been even faster if she hadn’t been carrying two fifty-pound bags of sugar. “Next Sunday, these sugar bags will be real people,” she told her pack mate Lindsey, who was running beside her. Not because Lindsey needed reminding. Operation: Cage Rage had been her idea. But rather, because after one month of training and scheming, Sadie couldn’t believe their top-secret mission was only seven days away. “Unless . . . ,” Lindsey said with a devilish purr. “Unless what?” “Unless we kept on running and go--” “No!” Sadie interrupted. “We have a plan. Can we please stick to it?” Lindsey let out a gusty sigh. “Fraidy-cat.” The accusation made Sadie’s stomach churn. This one sounded serious, unlike the dozens of times they jokingly called each other fraidy-cats. “I’m not afraid,” Sadie panted. “I just want to do it properly.” That part was true. Sadie did want to do it properly. Breaking into the Institute of Behavioral Science to rescue the animal-lights from the dreaded thirteenth floor was not to be done on a whim. Instead, Sadie and Lindsey were going to capitalize on the chaos of thirty-two animal-lights returning to Charm House next Sunday, after Thanksgiving break, and slip out undetected. They’d dart across the back lawn, charge into these woods, and run two miles to Allendale Boys School. Once at ABS, they’d connect with Lindsey’s brother Beak and his sixteen-year-old friend Hunter. Did Hunter know he had been recruited to drive their getaway car? Obviously not. He thought he was doing them a Thanksgiving solid by taking them to see their father--a man forced to work at IBS over the holiday. While Hunter waited in his car in the IBS parking lot, Beak, Lindsey, and Sadie would slip inside. They weren’t exactly sure what would happen next. They still had floor plans to memorize. Guard shifts to calculate. Escape routes to map. Outfits to plan. Why couldn’t Lindsey focus on that? But if Sadie was being honest, she’d admit that she was a bit of a fraidy-cat. And not just because they’d be breaking into IBS--a mysterious institute filled with imprisoned animal-lights and evil research scientists. It was dangerous, sure, but Sadie had faith in her animal powers and knew she could defend herself. Her real fear, the one that kept her from being impulsive, was being caught by Headmistress Flora and getting expelled from Charm House. Because then what? Charm House had become Sadie’s home; her friends had become her family. Being released into the wild and sent back to public school, where she’d be picked on and ostracized, was worse than being caged on the thirteenth floor of IBS. And Lindsey didn’t seem to get that. Miss Flora was her grandmother, and Professor Jo was her mother. And Karl Van der Beak, the evilest evil scientist, was her father. So Lindsey could ditch plans, take chances, and seek adventure. Her family wouldn’t kick her out of Charm House, and her father wouldn’t cut her open and analyze her guts. Lindsey could risk everything because she had nothing to lose. “How are we doing on time?” Sadie asked, trying to redirect Lindsey’s thoughts. The tiger-light glanced down at her watch. “Besting our record by five seconds.” “Purrrfect! We should let Beak know.” Lindsey drew back her head. “Why?” “Because he’s part of the mission.” A wry smi...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Lisi Harrison
• Edition: Yearling Books
• Langues: Anglais
• Recommandation d'âge: à partir de 10 ans
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 12.12.2023
• EAN: 9780593180785
• ISBN: 978-0-593-18078-5
• Pages: 208
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 195 mm x 13 mm
• Thème: The Pack
• Catégorie: Livres pour enfants et adolescents