Book Excerpt
“What if I jump with
you?” Kristin offered, softening her approach.
Xander looked up at the
cliff. How could he say no after Yzzie
had called him brave? He nodded.
“Great,” Kristin smiled
at him. “Yzzie you should get a picture of us up there.”
“That is an excellent
idea,” she said, before swimming toward the towels, to retrieve her cell phone.
Xander followed Kristin
up to the eight foot ledge. It was about
four feet at its widest point and about a dozen feet long. The water looked a lot further below than
eight feet.
Just when he thought he
might turn around and climb back down, Kristin grabbed his hand. Energy seemed to flow through his arm. She smiled at him. He hadn’t noticed the flecks of gold in her
light brown eyes before. Xander smiled
back, his trepidations evaporated away.
“Someday, I’m going to
jump from up there.” She pointed at the upper cliff with her other hand.
“Me, too,” was all he
could think to say. Then he realized that he would probably jump from up there
today if she held his hand.
“Smile, you guys,” Yzzie
called from below, her cell phone pointed at them.
They waved. Smiling wasn’t a problem for Xander. He now felt as brave as Yzzie’s description
of him. Kristin squeezed his hand and he
squeezed back.
“Do you trust me?”
Kristin asked.
“Yes,” Xander replied,
glancing at the water far below.
“On three,” she said, as
she leaned back on her heals. “Take a deep breath first.”
Xander inhaled deeply
and shifted his weight back, imitating his jumping partner.
“One, two, three,”
Kristin shouted excitedly.
Together they launched into the air. As they plunged into the water, the friction
tried to tear their hands apart. Xander
held tight. When their downward momentum
stopped, Xander was about to kick his feet and start back to the surface, but
Kristin tugged his hand. She pulled
Xander close and kissed him. Then she
pulled back slightly, smiled her great smile again, let go of his hand and shot
to the surface.
Xander hung in the water
for a few seconds digesting what had just happened. Holding hands with Kristin, the jump and the
kiss swirled over and over through his mind.
Especially the kiss... his first real kiss. She must like him, too. It sunk in -- he might have a girlfriend. A flurry of bubbles escaped from his mouth as
he said under water, “I, Xander Bookman, have a girlfriend!” Much to the delight of both girls, a cheer
erupted from his mouth as he finally surfaced.
“Let’s do it again!”
Xander shouted.
The group spent the next
half hour, jumping over and over. Xander
even jumped a couple of times by himself, but the first jump with Kristin rated
the best, by far.
About The Book
Author: Wayne A.D. Kerr
Genre: MG Paranormal Adventure
Night after night a strange apparition
appears at Kristin’s bedside. Is it dangerous? Is the dancing spirit
trying to send her a message?
When Xander and Yzzie discover that
their friend is being haunted, the seventh graders make it their number
one priority to solve the mystery of Kristin’s Ghost.
The truth will surprise them all!.
Author Bio
Wayne A D Kerr was born and raised in
Canada, but has lived in the United States for the past twenty years.
When not writing or reading adventure novels, he is most likely hiking,
biking or playing tennis.
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