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    X Marks the Spot
    X Marks the Spot
    X Marks the Spot
    Ebook48 pages13 minutes

    X Marks the Spot

    By Jeff Szpirglas, Danielle Saint-Onge and Dave Whamond

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    A natural-born explorer, Leo loves to make maps and experiment with new ways of getting around the schoolyard. But explorers sometimes get sidetracked, which can lead to getting in trouble. When Leo’s teacher, Mr. Chang, announces he’ll be giving out an award for responsibility, Leo is determined to redeem himself. The upcoming class field trip to the woods seems like the perfect opportunity. He’ll get to use his handy compass watch and show Mr. Chang he can be extra-responsible! But when two of Leo’s classmates wander out of bounds, Leo is faced with a tough decision.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrca Book Publishers
    Release dateMay 1, 2015
    ISBN9781459807938
    X Marks the Spot
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    Jeff Szpirglas

    Jeff Szpirglas is the author of several works for young people, including the horror collections Tales from Beyond the Brain and Tales from the Fringes of Fear. He is also the co-author, with Danielle Saint-Onge, of a number of Orca Echoes titles, including Shark Bait!, X Marks the Spot and Messy Miranda. Jeff has worked at CTV and was an editor at Chirp, Chickadee and Owl magazines. In his spare time, he teaches grade school. Jeff lives with his family in Kitchener, Ontario.

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      X Marks the Spot - Jeff Szpirglas

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      Chapter One

      Leo loved to explore. He had explored many places with his parents—the ocean, the mountains, even his very creepy basement!

      To Leo, just walking to school each day was a chance for exploring. He liked to find different ways to get there. He would make maps of the streets to remember the way. Then, once he got to school, he would create new and interesting routes around the playground.

      On Tuesday, Leo came in through the front gate and past the kindergarten playground. Then he went behind the portables, where the big kids hung out. He stopped and took out a notebook full of maps. He had made all of them himself. Leo had just started mapping his new path when the first school bell rang.

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      Some of the kids started running to their classroom lines. Hurry up, a little girl said. We only have one minute before we are late!

      Leo put down his map. He saw a pink backpack lying beside the portable. He looked up to see Violet running to her line without her backpack. Violet’s line was way over at the other end of the school. Violet! he called out. She did not hear him.

      Leo looked to his own side of the school. The kids in his class were already lining up. Well, not lining up. It was more like a football huddle than a line. The rest of the class lines were straight as arrows. But Leo’s teacher, Mr. Chang, always came to find the class jumping up and down and making gorilla noises. Eli and his friend Larry were the kings of gorilla noises. And toilet

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