Seven Wonders Journals: The Select (6 page)

I struggled to stay upright. I couldn’t even see Barry now. The back of my leg smacked against a parked car. I spun into the street, trying to keep my balance. The black top rushed toward me and I put out my hands to stop the fall.

The last thing I saw was the grille of a late-model Toyota speeding toward my face.

Peter Lerangis is the author of more than one hundred and sixty books, including two books in the
New York Times
bestselling 39 Clues series (
The Sword Thief
and
The Viper’s Nest
) and one book in the 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers series (
The Dead of Night
). Together, his books have sold more than five million copies and have been translated into twenty-eight different languages, Peter is a Harvard graduate with a degree in biochemistry. He has run a marathon and gone rock climbing during an earthquake—though not on the same day. He lives in New York City with his wife, musician Tina deVaron, and their two sons, Nick and Joe. In his spare time, he likes to eat chocolate.

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Seven Wonders Journals: The Select

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