Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff!
By Jessica Scott Kerrin and Joseph Kelly
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Jessica Scott Kerrin
Jessica Scott Kerrin is the author of the newly launched Lobster Chronicles series and the best-selling Martin Bridge series. She lives in downtown Halifax, Canada, and once owned a nutty Springer Spaniel who inspired this book.
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Martin Bridge - Jessica Scott Kerrin
For Peter and Elliott Kerrin, with special thanks to Jane Buss, Trudy Carey, Debbie Rogosin and Noreen Smiley — J.S.K.
For backbone, from wishbone — Kel
ISBN 978-1-894786-66-9 (ePub)
Text © 2005 Jessica Scott Kerrin
Illustrations © 2005 Joseph Kelly
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of Kids Can Press Ltd. or, in case of photocopying or other reprographic copying, a license from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For an Access Copyright license, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777.
This is a work of fiction and any resemblance of characters to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
Kids Can Press acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Ontario, through the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Ontario Book Initiative; the Ontario Arts Council; the Canada Council for the Arts; and the Government of Canada, through the CBF, for our publishing activity.
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Edited by Debbie Rogosin
Designed by Julia Naimska
The art in this book was drawn with graphite and charcoal; shading was added digitally.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Kerrin, Jessica Scott
Martin Bridge ready for takeoff! / written by Jessica Scott Kerrin ; illustrated by Joseph Kelly.
ISBN 978-1-55337-688-0 (bound)
ISBN 978-1-55337-772-6 (pbk.)
I. Kelly, Joseph II. Title.
PS8621.E77M37 2005 jC813’.6 C2004-903282-8
Contents
Riddles
Faster Blaster
Smithereens
An Excerpt from The Lobster Chronicles
Riddles
Martin held his breath as he slowly poured Zip Rideout Space Flakes into his official Zip-approved cosmic cereal bowl. Maybe this will be the morning a prize falls out! Zip promised one in every box. Martin’s bowl started to overflow, but no prize today.
Oh well. Martin added milk and began to munch on the sugary star and comet shapes. He turned the cereal box around so he could look at his hero while he ate.
Martin was three-quarters of the way through his breakfast when his dad came into the kitchen.
Better get a move on, Sport.
Martin looked up at the wall clock with a jolt. Cripes.
He whipped open the hall closet and yanked his raincoat off the hanger. He tugged on his rubber boots and stood up.
Cripes. Wrong feet.
He pulled them off and tried again.
Mrs. Phips is going to kill me,
he muttered to himself. Mrs. Phips was his cranky-pants bus driver. Martin had had her since first grade. He often complained about her, but his mom and dad always said the same thing.
So, don’t keep her waiting then.
Martin grabbed his knapsack and charged out the front door.
Make the bus late. Make the bus late,
Martin chanted to himself. Raindrops dimpled the puddles as he splashed down the driveway. When he rounded the corner, the grumble of the waiting bus drowned out the swish, swish, swish of his raincoat.
Cripes. Mrs. Phips was sure to yell at him for being late again.
The bus door folded open with a whoosh. Martin took a deep breath and scrambled on board.
Only it wasn’t Mrs. Phips.