“I’ll call Mom and ask her to bring your sneakers.”
“Nonsense! I wouldn’t dream of putting your mother to the trouble. Besides, she isn’t at home anyway. Remember, she had to take Dylan to that doctor’s appointment today?”
“Oh, yeah,” I said. My older sister, Dylan, was having a wart removed. I guessed Mom wouldn’t leave Dylan at the doctor just to go get Aunt Zephyr’s sneakers. “I guess you could try Maria’s rain boots.”
“That was a nice gesture, but they’d never fit,” Aunt Zephyr said. “Nothing to worry about, Aleca.” She looked around to make sure no one was watching. “I’ll just teleport home quickly and change shoes. I’ll be back before you know it.”
“But . . . ,” I began. Before I could finish my thought, which was that Aunt Zephyr’s teleporting was not very reliable lately, she was gone.
On the upside, her teleporting had worked immediately.
On the downside, there was no guarantee she’d teleported home.
About the Author
Ginger Rue is the author of the middle-grade Tig Ripley novels, as well as Brand-New Emily and Jump. She lives in Alabama.
Find out how it all began in book 1:
Aleca Zamm is a wonder
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Read more about Aleca’s adventures:
Aleca Zamm Is a Wonder
Aleca Zamm Is Ahead of Her Time
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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First Aladdin hardcover edition January 2018
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The text of this book was set in ITC New Baskerville.
Library of Congress Control Number 2017940733
ISBN 978-1-4814-7067-4 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4814-7066-7 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-4814-7068-1 (eBook)