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4 All three of them were staring in my direction with their eyes bulging and looks of horror still on their faces. But I could tell they were goofing. “Give me a break, guys,” I said. “I’m not as stupid as I look. No way I’m falling for your dumb joke.” “But, Max—” Lefty insisted. “We’re serious!” “We can’t see you!” Erin repeated. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Suddenly, the light started to hurt my eyes. It seemed to grow brighter. It was shining right in my face. Shielding my eyes with one hand, I reached up with the other hand and pulled the chain. The light went out, but the white glare stayed with me. I tried to blink it away, but I still saw large bright spots before my eyes. “Hey—you’re back!” Lefty cried. He stepped up and grabbed my arm and squeezed it, as if he were testing it, making sure I was real or something. “What’s your problem?” I snapped. I was starting to get angry. “I didn’t fall for your dumb joke, Lefty. So why keep it up?” To my surprise, Lefty didn’t back away. He held onto my arm as if he were afraid to let go. “We weren’t joking, Max,” Erin insisted in a low voice. “We really couldn’t see you.” “It must have been the light in the mirror,” April said. She was pressed against the wall next to the doorway. “It was so bright. I think it was just an optical illusion or something.” “It wasn’t an optical illusion,” Erin told her. “I was standing right next to Max. And I couldn’t see him.” “He was invisible,” Lefty added solemnly. I laughed. “You guys are trying to scare me,” I said. “And you’re doing a pretty good job of it!” “You scared us!” Lefty exclaimed. He let go of my arm and stepped up to the mirror. I followed his gaze. “There I am,” I said, pointing to my reflection. A strand of hair was poking up in back of my head. I carefully slicked it down. “Let’s get out of here,” April pleaded. Lefty started to toss his softball up, studying himself in the mirror. Erin made her way around to the back of the mirror. “It’s too dark back here. I can’t see anything,” she said. She stepped around to the front and stared up at the oval-shaped lamp on top. “You disappeared as soon as you pulled the chain on that lamp.” “You’re really serious!” I said. For the first time I began to believe they weren’t joking. “You were invisible, Max,” Erin said. “Poof. You were gone.” “She’s right,” Lefty agreed, tossing the softball up and catching it, admiring his form in the mirror.
“It was just an optical illusion,” April insisted. “Why are you guys making such a big deal about it?” “It wasn’t!” Erin insisted. “He clicked on the light. Then he disappeared in a flash,” Lefty said. He dropped the softball. It bounced loudly on the hardwood floor, then rolled behind the mirror. He hesitated for a few seconds. Then he went after it, diving for the ball in the darkness. A few seconds later, he came running back. “You really were invisible, Max,” he said. “Really,” Erin added, staring hard at me. “Prove it,” I told them. “Let’s go!” April pleaded. She had moved to the doorway and was standing half in, half out of the room. “What do you mean prove it!” Erin asked, talking to my dark reflection in the mirror. “Show me,” I said. “You mean do what you did?” Erin asked, turning to talk to the real me. “Yeah,” I said. “You go invisible, too. Just like I did.” Erin and Lefty stared at me. Lefty’s mouth dropped open. “This is dumb,” April called from behind us. “I’ll do it,” Lefty said. He stepped up to the mirror. I pulled him back by the shoulders. “Not you,” I said. “You’re too young.” He tried to pull out of my grasp, but I held onto him. “How about you, Erin?” I urged, wrapping my arms around Lefty’s waist to keep him back from the mirror. She shrugged. “Okay. I’ll try, I guess.” Lefty stopped struggling to get away. I loosened my grip a little. We watched Erin step up in front of the mirror. Her reflection stared back at her, dark and shadowy. She stood on tiptoes, reached up, and grabbed the lamp chain. She glanced over at me and smiled. “Here goes,” she said.
Page 2 and 3: LET’S GET INVISIBLE! Goosebumps -
Page 4 and 5: He and I raced down the narrow hall
Page 6 and 7: “It’s kind of spooky up here,
Page 8 and 9: “Ooh, it smells so musty,” Erin
Page 10 and 11: I stepped in front of it and starte
Page 14 and 15: 5 The chain slipped from Erin’s h
Page 16 and 17: Taking a deep breath, I opened the
Page 18 and 19: “You going to go invisible again?
Page 20 and 21: I stepped back in front of the mirr
Page 22 and 23: They won’t let us use it.” He s
Page 24 and 25: “Yeah. Sure,” he muttered. Left
Page 26 and 27: I felt very shaky, kind of trembly
Page 28 and 29: “Your mom said you were here,”
Page 30 and 31: “This is too scary. I hate this!
Page 32 and 33: “Chicken?” Zack teased her. “
Page 34 and 35: “Whoa!” I cried. “That might
Page 36 and 37: No response. Could they hear me? Th
Page 38 and 39: that little piece of chain.” “I
Page 40 and 41: Poppy! They look alike, almost like
Page 42 and 43: 15 Dad glared angrily across the ta
Page 44 and 45: “Erin, I’m not so sure about th
Page 46 and 47: “Maaaaax.” The whisper, I reali
Page 48 and 49: I heard giggling. Familiar giggling
Page 50 and 51: “I’ll hurry,” I told her, and
Page 52 and 53: “I don’t want to compete,” Ap
Page 54 and 55: Zack took a step back from the mirr
Page 56 and 57: 20 “Erin—where are you?” I sh
Page 58 and 59: tomatoes began to circle each other
Page 60 and 61: “No. Really,” I said. “Zack c
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The light swirled around me. I felt
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And as I floated deeper, deeper, th
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scratching against glass. I struggl
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around roughly. “The switch wasn
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And then Erin and Zack dropped onto
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