• Chapter 4-1

    Cooper didn’t stop talking once during the entire journey to Long Beach Island. Not once. “...and then, my sister let out this blood-curdling scream and jumped from the water, and there was a crab attached to her big toe!” He was laughing so hard that the others became worried he might pass out. “Lovely,” Mr. C. said from his seat read more

  • Chapter 4-2

    “Whoa!” Simon said. “It’s beautiful!” Gabby added. “It really is!” Chelsea added on top of that. “It was built in the 1830s with money from Congress,” Cooper said. “Just six thousand bucks,” Mr. C. interjected. “Isn’t that right?” Cooper nodded. “Right.” “You couldn’t even buy a new car for that today,” Mr. C. said. “Yeah, but you can’t drive around read more

  • Chapter 4-3

    Mr. C. parked the bookmobile and everyone got out. It didn’t take long for the group to discover there was much more to the area than the lighthouse itself. Old Barney stood on the north side of Barnegat State Park, which also had an interpretive center, a picnic area, a breathtaking view of the inlet and the ocean beyond, and read more

  • Chapter 4-4

    “Cool,” Cooper said. “We’ll check him out before we leave. Okay, please keep looking, and I’ll talk to you later.” Cooper called Jamal and Simon next. “Did you really just call us ‘Team Jamon’?” Jamal said. “Yeah, it’s a combination of...oh, never mind. Did you find anything?” “Nothing,” Jamal said disappointedly. “No Devil hoof prints or anything like that. Just read more

  • Chapter 4-5

    The last person Cooper spoke with before he and Chelsea reached the top was Mr. C., who had apparently searched every inch of the park that everyone else hadn’t—and, just like the rest of them, did not find any sign of the seeds. “Man,” Cooper said just before they reached the top of the lighthouse. “I’m starting to get discouraged.” read more

  • Chapter 4-6

    Chelsea leaned down and sniffed it. “Oh yuck—that’s where the smell is coming from!” “Yeah, the Jersey Devil has a serious body odor problem.” Chelsea laughed. “No, duh. It’s because he’s all hot and everything, and when he touched it—” Cooper rolled his eyes. “I know that, I was just trying to be funny.” “You’re hilarious. So come on, uncrumple read more

  • Chapter 4-7

    “Hey, you’re back!” he said. Cooper looked puzzled. “Excuse me?” “You’re back! I thought you were heading to Newark!” “Newark? I don’t know what—” Then Cooper understood, and his mouth fell open. “Wait, you’ve smelled this before?” He waved the crumpled library flyer in the air in front of the man. “Yeah, sure. You were here two days ago. I read more