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    Pick Your Poison
    Pick Your Poison
    Pick Your Poison
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    Pick Your Poison

    By Kristi Holl

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    When a group of Jeri McKane’s friends help Abby present a birthday dinner for her home-ec project, the party ends up in the trashcan … literally. Is it just an unfortunate event, or have the friends been intentionally poisoned? Jeri’s instinct says something isn’t right, and the girls follow a trail that leads to some not-so-sweet evidence. Tween girls can wonder why God doesn’t step in when meanness and injustice happens. This story helps them see how he often uses ordinary people to help uncover the truth!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateMay 26, 2009
    ISBN9780310567998
    Pick Your Poison
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    Kristi Holl

    Kristi Holl is an award-winning author of dozens of middle-grade novels and six devotionals for girls. As a writing instructor with a background in elementary education, Kristi's books are on many recommended reading lists and have been nominated for numerous Children's Choice Awards. Kristi is married and has three grown daughters. She lives in San Antonio, TX. Visit wwwkristiholl.com to learn more. 

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      Book preview

      Pick Your Poison - Kristi Holl

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      ZONDERKIDZ

      Pick Your Poison

      Copyright © 2008 by Kristi Holl

      Illustrations © 2008 by Bruce Emmett

      All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of Zondervan.

      ePub Edition January 2009 ISBN: 978-0-310-56799-8

      Requests for information should be addressed to:

      Zonderkidz, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Holl, Kristi.

      Pick Your Poison / by Kristi Holl.

      p. cm. -- (Faithgirlz) (Boarding school mysteries ; bk. 4)

      Summary: When some of the girls in Jeri’s boarding school dorm

      start getting sick she thinks that they might have been intentionally

      poisoned and sets out to investigate and prove her theories.

      ISBN 978-0-310-71432-3

      [1. Boarding schools--Fiction. 2. Schools--Fiction. 3. Poisoning--Fiction. 4. Christian life--Fiction. 5. Mystery and detective stories.]

      I. Title.

      PZ7.H7079Pi 2008

      {Fic}--dc22

      2008001498

      All Scripture quotations unless otherwise noted are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.

      Zonderkidz is a trademark of Zondervan.

      Editor: Barbara Scott

      Art direction & cover design: Sarah Molegraaf

      08 09 10 11 12 10 5 4 3 2 1

      So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen.

      For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

      — 2 Corinthians 4:18

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      1 Sneak Attack

      2 Poisoning

      3 Storm Warning

      4 Danger, Warning, Caution

      5 Poison Potatoes

      6 Creepy Crawlies

      7 Caught in the Act

      8 Setting a Trap

      9 Backfired

      10 Safe at Last

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      1: SNEAK ATTACK

      Birthday parties were supposed to be fun, but that warm Saturday evening, nothing went as Jeri McKane expected. Illness was the last thing on her mind as a cardinal whistled outside her open window. She had no clue that in two short hours her friends would be poisoned.

      Jeri twisted from side to side in front of the mirror. What’s wrong with how I look? she asked her roommate. Her dark blue shirt complemented both her jeans and the denim flats with red bows.

      "What’s wrong with it? Rosa Sanchez peered over her shoulder. It looks like something your mom would wear. Rosa always looked cool — like now, in her short denim skirt and tee with a fuzzy pink scarf. Her black waist-length hair made any outfit look awesome. Want to borrow something? she asked with a wink. Don’t forget, Dallas is coming tonight. What if he brings some cutie with him and you look like that?"

      Dallas . Jeri’s heart skipped a beat, and she turned her back to Rosa to hide the blush that flooded her face. Dallas Chandler, a boy from their church, attended the Patterson School for Boys on the other side of Landmark Hills. So far, Jeri had done a good job of hiding her crush on him. She refused to risk Rosa telling Dallas about her feelings. Before Christmas, Rosa had done that to a boy Abby liked, and Abby had nearly died of shame.

      How about this? Rosa held up a lavender top with a lace edge. Then she grabbed a short black skirt from her closet. Or this?

      Hmm. It was tempting, even if it was awfully short. I suppose I could wear tights with it.

      No way, José! Rosa shook her head. Show off those legs! She frowned. You’re awfully white though. You have any of that bronze gel stuff?

      No. Jeri glanced at her watch. Anyway, I gotta get downstairs. I’m setting tables for Abby.

      Tonight, Abby Wright, the girl from England who lived in the dorm room next to theirs, was fixing a meal for eight people. It was her home ec project, and it included a birthday cake for another sixth grader who lived there in Hampton House. Since part of her grade was based on proper boy/girl etiquette at a dinner, Dallas and a friend had agreed to show up and lend a hand.

      Just then, heavy footsteps pounded up the stairs, and Jeri whipped around as their door burst open. Nikki Brown’s face was beaded with sweat. Come quick! Both of you.

      What’s the matter? Jeri asked.

      You know Abby’s tuna turnovers? A tube of biscuits exploded!

      Jeri gasped. No way!

      It was sitting on the stove while the oven preheated.

      I saw something like that on TV, Rosa said. Groceries were left in a car parked in the sun. It got so hot the cans of biscuits exploded all over the car.

      Exactly. Nikki rolled her eyes. The grocery store’s delivery guy is busy, so Ms. Carter’s driving Abby there for more biscuits. Nikki flicked some lettuce off her fringed leather vest. I was making the salad, but now I have to clean up the biscuit glop. I can’t do everything!

      We’ll help, Jeri said. Is the birthday cake okay?

      Sorta. A flying biscuit mashed some of the frosting.

      I’ll fix the cake. Rosa put on a pink ball cap with a silver band. Nikki, you clean up the biscuit mess. Jeri’s setting the tables.

      Okay, but hurry up. Those guys get here in half an hour. Nikki’s cowboy boots clomped back down the stairs.

      Jeri turned back to the mirror. Should she wear the skirt or shouldn’t she? In the mirror’s reflection, she spotted the desktop photo of her and her mom sitting on their porch swing back home in Iowa. Her mom’s trusting smile made her hesitate. And yet, if she was old enough to go to school halfway across the country, wasn’t she old enough to dress herself without Mom’s advice? If only the skirt wasn’t quite so short . . .

      Jeri handed Rosa’s skirt back. Thanks, anyway. She yanked a comb through her shoulder-length brown hair, added a headband, and followed Rosa down the steps.

      Weird to have the dorm so quiet tonight, Rosa said.

      Jeri nodded. Most of the girls were eating supper in the dining hall. Miss Barbara, their assistant house mother, planned to take them roller skating afterward. Only Emily — the birthday girl — and her roommate, Brooke, were still upstairs in their room, waiting for Abby’s dinner.

      Downstairs, the kitchen was

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