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Chapters (68)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. One
  5. Two
  6. Chapter One
  7. Three
  8. Four
  9. Five
  10. Six
  11. Chapter Two
  12. Seven
  13. Eight
  14. Nine
  15. Chapter Three
  16. Ten
  17. Eleven
  18. Chapter Four
  19. Twelve
  20. Thirteen
  21. Fourteen
  22. Chapter Five
  23. Fifteen
  24. Sixteen
  25. Chapter Six
  26. Seventeen
  27. Eighteen
  28. Nineteen
  29. Chapter Seven
  30. Twenty
  31. Twenty-One
  32. Twenty-Two
  33. Chapter Eight
  34. Twenty-Three
  35. Twenty-Four
  36. Twenty-Five
  37. Chapter Nine
  38. Twenty-Six
  39. Twenty-Seven
  40. Chapter Ten
  41. Twenty-Eight
  42. Twenty-Nine
  43. Thirty
  44. Thirty-One
  45. Chapter Eleven
  46. Thirty-Two
  47. Thirty-Three
  48. Thirty-Four
  49. Thirty-Five
  50. Chapter Twelve
  51. Thirty-Six
  52. Thirty-Seven
  53. Thirty-Eight
  54. Chapter Thirteen
  55. Thirty-Nine
  56. Forty
  57. Forty-One
  58. Forty-Two
  59. Chapter Fourteen
  60. Forty-Three
  61. Forty-Four
  62. Forty-Five
  63. Forty-Six
  64. Forty-Seven
  65. Chapter Fifteen
  66. The Following Summer
  67. About the Author
  68. About the Publisher

The girls exploded into shocked giggles. Ali glanced up in time to see interstellar boy glare at them and at Tom, which Tom took as his cue to leave. “Whatever. You know where we are.” He ran off, the girls in hot pursuit. Ali returned to her book, happy she wasn’t part of the drama.

“Man, I hate that.” But interstellar boy didn’t sound mad. He sounded tired.

Ali understood his weary tone. One of the most important new school rules was: Always act like the popular kids. Whatever the popular kids did, Ali did. It was important not to make yourself a target, and if Ali knew anything after attending nine other schools, popular kids were never a target. Did interstellar boy not realize how much easier school would be if he just went along with what the popular kids wanted?

“They’re just being stupid,” said interstellar girl.

Interstellar boy was ready to change the topic. “Hey—I saw Alfie Sloane this morning.”

A stunned Ali let the book slip from her fingers. Was it true? Was Alfie Sloane here, in this building? Because if he was, everything was about to change.

Chapter One

How Fog Is Formed

There are many myths about the origins of fog. I prefer one of the Inuit myths myself. A man being chased by a bear swims across the river. When the bear arrives, he demands to know how the man has forged the river.

“I drank the river,” the man replies.

Anxious to catch his quarry, the bear drinks and drinks until he bursts and a fine mist of water fills the air, creating fog.

—PERCIVAL T. SLOANE,

A History of Fog in the Bay of Fundy (1932)

This is not true.

—Edward Andrew Sloane

(Teddy), age eleven, adventurer

Bears are not this dumb.

—Digger, age eleven, pirate

Your real name is NOT Digger.

You need to use your real name!

Avast, you son of an urchin-pocked coxswain!

Whatever, Richard.

Three

Ali had been positive she didn’t know anyone at Princess Elizabeth School, but now she knew that wasn’t true. Alfie was here. But how? Her mind swirled with questions: did Gigi know? Where did he live? It occurred to her that he might be living with his grandfather, who lived only a few blocks from Gigi. Not that she’d ever met Gigi’s son, Andrew Sloane. Or any other Sloanes, for that matter. All because of the Sloane Family Feud.

“Alfie Sloane?” asked interstellar girl.

“You know, the kid I told you about, the one I met in science camp last week. He’s the best. We like all the same stuff.”

“Oh. Right” was the glum response.

Interstellar boy didn’t seem to notice how unenthusiastic his friend was. “Guess what?”

“What?”