F.T. Bradley
Double Vision
For ages 8-12, due out in Fall 2012 (HarperCollins)
Twelve year-old Lincoln wasn’t trying to get his family sued, but that’s exactly what he managed to do his latest fieldtrip. So when two secret agents show up on his porch, and offer to save the Baker family, he’s game.
Only Linc has to become a junior secret agent, to take missing agent Benjamin Green’s place. And Ben is a top agent with martial arts skills, while Linc is… Well, not. Now Linc has to travel to Paris, and fool these dangerous bad guys.
Meanwhile, the case gets more complicated, with family secrets and ciphers to solve, forcing Linc to rely on his quick thinking to survive…
I flew against the back of the trunk as the bad guys hit the brakes. The engine died.
Doors slammed.
More laughter. Panic, inside my chest as I held my skateboard, ready to smack them—bam, bam!—in the head. I’d be quick. And I would skateboard away. I knew how to do that.
Footsteps. A key, turning in the lock. I felt the edges of the skateboard cut into my skin as I clutched it as tight as I could.
Bright light. Laughter. I reached up, but before I could bang anything, I got hit in the head. Twice.
And it was pitch-black again.