CHOST DETECTORS Tell No One BY DOTTI ENDERLE ILLUSTRATED BY HOWARD MCWILLIAM
The Day Before Malcolm and his best friend Dandy sat quietly in Malcolm’s basement lab It was one of those late afternoons right before dinner when you wish there were more hours left to hang out Malcolm was perched on an old desk while Dandy slumped lazily in a beanbag chair I can’t believe it went by so fast Malcolm complained He flipped on his Ecto-Handheld-Automatic-Heat-Sensitive
Laser-Enhanced Specter Detector It was the gadget he used for hunting ghosts With the specter detector on he could play with his new dog Spooky Spooky was a phantom canine that had recently followed Malcolm home He eagerly wagged his tail at Malcolm I can’t believe summer is already over Malcolm said as he put his chin in his hand It seems like we just started ghost hunting yesterday Summer always goes fast Dandy reminded him Yeah but this one went too fast His hangdog expression practically touched the floor Look at the bright side Dandy said We’re fifth graders this year That was true Malcolm did like the
