Fiends on the Other Side by Vera Strange EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Vera Strange
- Language: English
- Genre: Children’s Scary Stories
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IN THE SHADOWS
Who can tell me what causes a shadow?” Mrs. Perkins said,
jabbing her index finger at the image of the sun projected
on the screen.
Jamal squinted from the back of the class. His teacher wore a hideous
floral-print dress the color of goopy pink stomach medicine that matched
the slight sunburn on her normally milky-white arms. Her perfectly round
face was accented by a pair of perfectly round glasses with thick lenses that
made her look like an owl. Or at least, that was what Jamal had always
thought.
Her huge green eyes scanned the class expectantly. Jamal thrust his
hand up. I know the answer, he thought. Pick me! He loved science class the
most. Science felt like a never-ending puzzle he could try to solve. Even
better, the more he learned, the more exciting it got.
But Mrs. Perkins’s oversized eyes looked right over him—and her gaze
landed on his brother. His twin brother. Identical twin, to be exact. Malik
was technically older than Jamal, having been born a full five minutes
earlier.
And he never let Jamal forget it.
“Malik,” Mrs. Perkins said, calling on Jamal’s brother instead. Like
Jamal didn’t even exist. Like he was invisible.
“Right, a shadow is caused by an object blocking the rays of the sun,”
Malik said, oblivious to his brother’s sullen expression. “The bigger the
object, the bigger the shadow.”
“Correct, as always.” Mrs. Perkins beamed at Malik, which made her
eyes appear even larger. “No wonder you’re the top student in my class.
Heck, the whole school.”
“You know it, Mrs. P,” Malik said with a cocky grin and a wink.
“Straight As all the way.”
If Jamal called a teacher by a casual nickname like that, he’d probably
be reprimanded, maybe even sent to the principal’s office. But not Malik.
He was both the smartest and the most popular kid at Princess River Middle
School, which meant he could get away with anything. If Jamal ever got
noticed—a rare occurrence—it was never for something good. There was,
for instance, the horrific gym wedgie incident of last year, a memory that
made Jamal squirm. It involved a big kid named Colton, who always picked
on Jamal and who had, apparently, recently perfected his wedgie-giving
skills. Suffice it to say, Jamal hadn’t worn tighty-whities to school since.
But aside from that nightmare, most of the time it was like he didn’t exist.
While Mrs. Perkins blathered on about the sun’s rays, Jamal studied his
brother’s face—high cheekbones, freckled brown skin, mop of curly black
hair that made him a few inches taller. It was like staring at his own
reflection. How could they be the same in so many ways—birthday, age,
appearance, parents—yet so different at the same time?
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