Dear Reader,
Hi, I’m Kylie Black. I am 11 years old. The Case Cracker Club books
are about my best friends Megan, Elle, and I
solving mysteries. Here is a bit about my friends and I : We are all in
5th grade at Olton Elementary School in Winterville, Maine. We are
all in Miss Jemmings’s class. Well, that’s all you need to know for now! Get to
the book! Bye!
-Kylie! :)
Case Crackers Club: The Mystery
of the Abandoned House
CHAPTER 1
MarshEl345 : Kylie! Guess what.
KookieKy1234: What?! What?! What’s up Elle?
MarshEl345: The new neighbors moved in
yesterday! They have a girl our age!
KookieKy1234: Cool! Maybe we can go
introduce ourselves later.
MarshEl345: Yeah, my mom told me to go introduce myself,
but I wanted to see if you wanted to come too.
KookieKy1234: Yeah, we’ll all go.
MarshEl345: OK see u in a bit.
I turn my phone off, and head downstairs to put my sweatshirt
on. Then, our entire family heads down
to my best friend, Elle Trackman’s
house. When we meet at the corner, the Trackmans lead us to the new neighbors’ house.
When they get to the house they ring the bell and a very kind looking
woman answers the door. Mrs. Trackman introduces herself, “Hello, my name is
Alyssa Trackman, I live across the street in the blue house.” “I just wanted to introduce myself, my family,
and other neighbors. Here is a gift basket.” She says and hands her the basket.
We all introduce ourselves. “Hi, I’m Elisabeth Dechello, come on in.” The lady
says.
She then calls people to come downstairs and meet us. We sit on their
couch and play a game. We play a game called “Meet Me”. What we did was, we
said our name, something we liked, and what grade we were in, and then we
started chatting, separated in groups by age. Parents together, etc. Mr. and
Mrs. Dechello have 5 children.
They have one son named Joseph, who is in his third year of college. Their
other son, Justin, is in ninth grade. Their oldest daughter, Miley, is in eighth grade. The middle daughter,
Megan is my age, and their youngest daughter, Veda Anne is 4 years old. Elle,
Megan, and I got grouped together. We
have lots in common.
CHAPTER 2
After school on Monday Megan,
Elle, and I walk home from school together. We pass the old abandoned house
Elle and I pass every day. Megan asks what it is. We tell her that when old Mr.
Hagan died, the house was never sold, so it became abandoned and no one has
been in there since. After we all get
home, we text each other.
BerryMeg645: Hey girlies! So, do you wanna go to the old
abandoned house to check it out with me tomorrow?
KookieKy1234: Uh, Megan I don’t think u wanna do that.
MarshEl345: I agree with Kylie. Sorry Megan.
BerryMeg645: Why not??
KookieKy1234: That house has been abandoned for years,
it’ll be all dusty, dark, and scary.
BerryMeg645: So, are you saying you’re not a risk taker?
MarshEl345: NO! I AM A
RISK TAKER! What about u Kylie?
KookieKy1234: I
AM TOO! Alright, Megan, I’ll go. Elle?
MarshEl345: Yeah, ok, but not tmw. I have softball
practice. How about Thursday? I have cheerleading on Wednesday.
KookieKy1234: Can’t, I have piano tomorrow, softball practice
on Wednesday, and dance on Thursday. Friday?
MarshEl345: I’m free. Megan?
BerryMeg645: WOW! You guys r busy! I’m free Friday. I’m
not in any extracurricular activities yet.
BerryMeg645:
Well, gotta hit the homework. Wanna hang out at my house later? Around
4:00?
KookieKy1234: OK, if I can. I’ll text u if I can go.
MarshEl345: Me too. Got To Go see you later.
BerrryMeg645: OK GREAT!! I asked my mom, she said yes.
See you later! BYE!
MarshEl345: bye
KookieKy1234: bye
I turn my phone off and start my math worksheet. I’m glad Megan is in
my class. After doing 8 really easy word problems, I go onto English. At 4 I ask my mom if I can go to Megan’s
house she say yes, and I head over.
We wait for Elle, and then we hang around and talk. Then, I go home
for dinner. THE NEXT MORNING…..
KookieKy1234:Hey, wanna meet up at the corner in a bit.
Kyra and Karin have to come too sorry.
BerryMeg645: Sure, That’s ok.
MarshEl345: Yeah I’m ready too. Emma and Elliot have to
come. I promised my mom I would take them today.
KookieKy1234: Ok, see you in 5 minutes.
BerryMeg645: Ok. My siblings are older or younger, so I don’t have anyone I have to bring, but I don’t
mind.
MarshEl345: Ok
After texting my friends, I slip my shoes on call my little sisters to come downstairs, and then meet Megan, Elle, Emma, and Elliot at the
corner so we can walk to school.
Chapter 3
After school on Friday, as we planned, Elle, Megan, and I go
investigate the old abandoned house. We try to go in, and the door is locked.
We go around the back, and the door is locked too. We find a window, however,
wide open. It is big enough for us to fit through, but not like a door. When we
get inside, the house is dark, as I suspected, and it smells funny.
“I’m scared already” Elle says, and shudders. “Me too” I say. “Oh,
come on guys, it isn’t that scary.” Megan says, but I can see her legs starting
to shake. We explore the rest of the
house. We find Mr. Hagan’s library. It is full of books. We look through them.
When I take a book off a shelf, something falls out from in between
two books. It’s a note, and a 10 huge wads of dollar bills. The note says:
Monday, May 22, 2000
Lacey,
If
you’ve found this and I’m not here, then I’m gone forever. I know this note was
in a very hidden place, but I needed to make sure it was in a well hidden. Well,
here is what I need you to know. Lacey, you and Lenny come from a very rich
family. Your mother inherited 1,000,000 dollars from her mother, and before
your mother passed away, she told me to split the 1,000,000 dollars between me,
you, and Lenny, but I decided to split all the money between just Lenny and you. I decided to do that because I too have a
great amount of money. I inherited 1,000,000 dollars from my Great Uncle Marvin,
but I kept it for you and Lenny. Lacey, you keep 1,000,000 dollars, and give
the other 1,000,000 dollars to your brother. I wrote to you, because you are my
oldest child. You and Lenny can do whatever you want with the money.
Love
always,
Dad
After we read the note, we don’t know what to do.
The 10 wads, I guess was the 2,000,000 dollars. “We should tell the police” I
tell Megan and Elle. We can go tell my
mom, C’mon.” I say. We run out of the house and run to my house.
“ Mom!” I say running into the house. “What is it
Kylie?” “Ok, I know you’ll get mad, and probably ground me for the rest of my life
but, Megan wanted to check out Mr. Hagan’s house, so Elle and I went with her
and we found this,” I say quickly and hand her the money and note. Ok, slow
down, what is this? I repeat what I said.
“Ok, Kylie, yes you are in trouble for sneaking
into someone else’s house, even though no one lives there. So you are grounded, previously going to be a month. However, you did the right thing by bringing the money
and note to me so you are grounded for 2 weeks, no TV or computer, unless
needed for school.” “Deal, Mom.”
Later I text my friends because they had to go
home, so we decided that I tell my mom.
KookieKy1234: Hey guys!
MarshEl345: Kylie! What did your mom
say?
KookieKy1234: I’ll tell you, let’s
wait a bit for Megan.
BerryMeg645: I’M HERE!
KookieKy1234: I’m punished. For 2
weeks, no TV or computer, unless needed for school.
BerryMeg645: OK! WHAT DID SHE SAY ABOUT THE NOTE AND WADS
OF CASH!
KookieKy1234: Ok, we are going to
take the note and money to the police tomorrow and see if they can find Lacey.
MarshEl345: Ok, cool. I was
wondering if you both wanted to sleepover tomorrow night.
BerryMeg645: My mom said yes.
KookieKy1234: My mom said yes too,
but got to go. Bye
Chapter 4
The next
morning Mom and I head to the police station. Officer Ryland helps us find Lacey.
They haven’t found her yet though. Officer Ryland will contact us when we find
her. When Mom and I get home I decide to see if I can find Lacey in the Yellow Pages. I find many Laceys, but I don’t know
which one is Lacey Hagen. Later I
meet Elle and Megan at Tootsie’s
Smoothies.
Then, we go to Elle’s house for the sleepover. We
watched Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, ate popcorn, and chatted.
Elle’s little sister Emma had a sleepover at her
friend’s house, so did her little brother Elliot, her brother Eddie is out of
the house in college, but Elle’s oldest sister, also my sometimes babysitter,
Ellen had a sleepover with her best friend Isabelle in the Trackman house, but
we all had a blast. Elle, Megan, Ellen, Isabelle, and I all went to bed at………
12:30. Hey, that’s what you do at a sleepover.
In the morning, we all have breakfast, hang out,
and go home. When I get home I look for Lacey in the Yellow
Pages. I think I found her. I tell my mom and we drive to the police
station with Megan and Elle. The police called her and she came in. It is the
right Lacey. Then, Lacey called Lenny. Lacey Hagen
is 20 years old and goes to The University of Winterville. Lenny Hagen is 18
years old and goes to The Community
College of Winterville.
When not at school, Lenny and Lacey live with
their aunt. Lacey and Lenny Hagen are now millionaires. Lacey and Lenny were so
grateful that they gave Megan, Elle, and I each 200 dollars! We thank them and
they say it was no problem, because after all, we did find out that the Hagen
family members were millionaires. After that, Lacey and Lenny clean out Mr.
Hagen’s house and get it on the market for selling.
Well, I know that was a short mystery, but that’s
all for this book! There wasn’t much to the abandoned house. I hope to see you
in the next book Case Crackers Club book.
Bye!
-
Kylie Black
-
Elle Trackman
-
Megan Dechello
Case Crackers Club
