Nick is an average boy, living in average Florida. It all starts when Mrs. Starch (evil teacher) teases Duane "Smok" Scrod. Duane has a bad rep of being a pyromania. The next day is a field trip to a swamp. A wildfire starts and the kids go back on the bus. Mrs. Starch stays behind, looking for a kid's asthma inhaler. Mrs. Starch disappears, but the inhaler is returned to the girl's house. Everybody has suspicions and theories about Mrs. Starch's absence. Which one is right? Ages 10 and up.
Amelia, grade 6