“Aw, man, I can’t believe my mom is letting Stacey’s little brat friends stay over. They’re gonna keep me up the entire night!”
Annabel smiled at Toby’s little rant, then hesitated by the front door after Toby had joined Strobe inside the shop. Even though the movie crowd was completely gone by now, the battle on the screen across the street continued between the humans and the underground monsters.
The Tremors “graboids” definitely bore some similarities to the dekayi serpents the KP crew had just dealt with. Watching the movie—alone now under the awning—Annabel found herself thinking about all of the incredible Calanthe moments that had been packed into such a short amount of time, from her arrival to her recent departure. Memories to last … well, a lifetime, really.
Annabel took a final look down the street. A sudden shiver swept through her. She turned, opened the door with the KP monster mascot stenciled on it, and went into Killer Pizza, the bright lights of the shop a warm, welcome beacon in the dark, rainy night.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to: Jean Feiwel and everyone at Feiwel and Friends, for their help and support on the first two Killer Pizza books. They’re a terrific group, and I feel fortunate to be a part of it.
Kathryn McKeon, my editor, for her assistance and encouragement throughout the rewriting process.
Fellow author Lewis Buzbee, for his wise counsel and friendship.
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KILLER PIZZA: THE SLICE. Copyright © 2011 by Greg Taylor.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Taylor, Greg,
Killer Pizza : the slice / Greg Taylor. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Having passed the tests to become Monster Combat Officers, teens Toby, Annabel, and Strobe are sent on a secret mission to deliver to the Monster Protection Program a beautiful fourteen-year-old monster who wants to defect, regardless of the considerable dangers this poses.
ISBN: 978-0-312-58088-9
[1. Monsters—Fiction. 2. Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. 3. Horror stories.] I. Title. PZ7.T21345Kil 2011 [Fic]—dc22
2010048928
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First Edition: 2011
eISBN 978-1-4299-4042-9
First Feiwel and Friends eBook Edition: June 2011