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    The Big Dip
    The Big Dip
    The Big Dip
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    The Big Dip

    By Melanie Jackson

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    Joe and his friend Skip are enjoying the thrill of the Big Dip, a famous rollercoaster, until they learn the old man in front of them has been shot. The old man mutters with his dying breath something about getting a Margaret Rose to the police. Joe leaves the crime scene to get on with his life. But someone is desperate for the Margaret Rose and thinks Joe has it. When his sister is kidnapped, Joe is in a race against time to solve the puzzle.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrca Book Publishers
    Release dateOct 1, 2009
    ISBN9781554694433
    The Big Dip
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    Melanie Jackson

    Melanie Jackson lives in Littleton, NH with her husband, Corey Jackson. She works full time as a licensed nursing assistant. Melanie was born with a rare medical condition called FFU (Femur, Fibula, Ulna Dyspepsia); and dyslexia. She is the second oldest of seven children, was raised by a single mom and was homeschooled. Reading and writing has never come easily to Melanie but she was inspired by her favorite authors to keep trying. With hard work and dedication she began writing and found worlds and stories existed within her she had never known. The journey to publication was filled with countless struggles but she learned every step of the way. Melanie hopes to give someone the same joy and inspiration she was given.

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      The Big Dip - Melanie Jackson

      The Big Dip

      Melanie Jackson

      orca currents

      ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS

      Copyright © 2009 Melanie Jackson

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Jackson, Melanie, 1956-

      The big dip / written by Melanie Jackson.

      (Orca Currents)

      Electronic Monograph

      Issued also in print format.

      ISBN 9781554691807 (pdf) -- ISBN 9781554694433 (epub)

      I. Title. II. Series: Orca currents

      PS8569.A265B53 2009    jC813’.6    C2009-902582-5

      Summary: At Vancouver’s Pacific National Exhibition, Joe Lumby, track star extraordinaire, finds himself caught up in a mystery involving the theft of a gallery treasure.

      First published in the United States, 2009

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2009927574

      Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing programs provided by the following agencies: the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.

      Cover design by Teresa Bubela

      Cover photography by Getty Images

      In Canada:

      Orca Book Publishers

      PO Box 5626, Station B

      Victoria, BC Canada

      V8R 6S4

      In the United States:

      Orca Book Publishers

      PO Box 468

      Custer, WA USA

      98240-0468

      www.orcabook.com

      12 11 10 09 • 4 3 2 1

      To my sister-in-law, Lynne Jackson—MJ

      Contents

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter Eleven

      Chapter Twelve

      Chapter Thirteen

      Chapter One

      It was coming up—the big dip.

      The cars rattled to the crest of the rickety roller coaster. Usually Skip and I got the first seat. But tonight a grizzled old man had dodged in ahead of us. As the train creaked higher, the old man twisted around to grin at us. One eyelid, missing its eyeball, was squinted almost shut. With his working eye he studied me.

      I know you. You’re that speedy feller, Mojo Lumby! the old man exclaimed with a loud cackle.

      It was true. I’d nailed the regional and the provincial track championships. The Vancouver Sun had done a story on me just last week. Joe Lumby, Age 15: On the Track, Just Call Him Mojo, the headline said. There had been photos of me zooming around the school field.

      The old guy probably recognized me from the photos. Yeah, well, I shrugged. I hoped he wasn’t going to ask me about my times, not with the big dip coming up.

      Besides, the name Mojo was a sore point with me. I was fast on my feet, all right. For me, running was everything. I was almost always training or at meets. The downside was, my grades were tanking. While everyone else got to go away for the summer, I was stuck in Vancouver taking a math course. There was no mojo, no luck, about that.

      But for now, I didn’t care. The train was edging over the crest. It crashed down the big dip.

      At fifty years old, the roller coaster at Vancouver’s Pacific National Exhibition is the only wooden one left in Canada. It’s also one of the few anywhere that just has dinky metal bars. Most roller coasters have shoulder clamps to hold you in. When you drop in this one, you lurch over the metal bars.

      Skip and I leaned forward so we could stretch over the bars. In a whirl of blue sky and rushing air, we lunged, our hands reaching to the tracks.

      We always did this. It was as if we were the ride, not the riders.

      Stay still, you idiots! screeched a woman behind us.

      We ignored her. There were shrieks of laughter, and somebody popped the tab off a soda can. I thought that was weird— breaking out refreshments as you plunged down the big dip.

      In front of us, the old man leaned forward too. I thought it was cool, being that old and still into roller coasters. On the other hand, I hoped the excitement didn’t give him a heart attack.

      Slam! The train hit the valley. Skip and I sat back and high-fived each other. Nothing beat the big dip.

      The train zoomed up the next hill. The PNE coaster is engine-powered only up to the first big dip. After that, it spools around the twists and turns on its own momentum. Roller coaster nuts from all over the world come here to ride the coaster because it’s such a museum piece.

      I decided that the old guy in front must be

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