The Amazing Mexican Secret (5 page)

Authors: Jeff Brown

BOOK: The Amazing Mexican Secret

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And check out Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures!

Saddle Up with Flat Stanley

Ever since Stanley was flattened by a bulletin board, every trip is an adventure! The whole Lambchop family is off to see Mount Rushmore. But when Flat Stanley and his brother, Arthur, team up with a scrappy cowgirl named Calamity Jasper, their vacation turns into the Wild West experience of a lifetime. Pretty soon, they find themselves in a real tight spotâeven for a flat boy like Stanley!

Ancient Pyramids Can Be Flat-out Dangerous!

Because Stanley's been flattened by a bulletin board, there are places he can get to that no one else can. So when Stanley receives a letter from an archaeologist, he travels by airmail to Egypt to help find an ancient treasure deep in the heart of a great pyramid. But what if even the flattest boy on earth can't wriggle out of this dark tombâand the terrible mess he finds himself in?

A Flat Ninja?

Stanley and his brother, Arthur, are such huge fans of the movie star ninja Oda Nobu that they decide to send him something even better than fan mailâStanley himself! Soon enough, Flat Stanley is in Japan, seeing the country with his idol. But when trouble surprises them, it will take a real hero to save the day.

Flat Stanley Goes North!

The Lambchops are in British Columbia, Canada, for some skiing and winter fun. But when Stanley and his new friend Nick go snowboardingâwith Stanley as the snowboard, of courseâthey take a midair tumble just as the wind picks upâ¦and find themselves in an amazing Canadian cross-country journey that might just be Stanley's wildest adventure yet!

There's No Place on Earth That a Flat Kid Can't Go!

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The Search Begins

Stanley Lambchop was flattened against the wall outside the kitchen. He knew it was impolite to eavesdrop, but his mother sounded upset. And she was talking about
him
.

“I'm worried about Stanley,” Harriet Lambchop was saying to her husband, George. “What if he's flat for the rest of his life? You know how difficult things
can be for someone who's special.”

Stanley thought of the morning, not long ago, when he awoke to find that the bulletin board over his bed had fallen on him during the night. Ever since, he'd been only half an inch thick. With his new shape, Stanley could do all sorts of things most people couldn't do, such as travel via airmail. But his mother was right. Just yesterday, someone at school had called him “Boardbrains.”

“I'm sure everything will be fine, dear,” Mr. Lambchop said. “Just because Stanley has gone flatâ”

“
Become
flat,” Mrs. Lambchop said. “Stanley hasn't
gone
flat, George. He's
become
flat. You know how improper
grammar makes meâ” She was overcome with emotion.

Stanley peeled himself off the wall and trudged down the hall. He felt like being alone.

A moment later, he was flat on his back beneath the couch in the living room. It may have been too low to the ground for the vacuum cleaner, but it wasn't too low for Stanleyâ¦or for how he felt.

About the Authors

JEFF BROWN
created the beloved character of Flat Stanley as a bedtime story for his sons. He has written other outrageous books about the Lambchop family, including
FLAT STANLEY, STANLEY AND THE MAGIC LAMP, INVISIBLE STANLEY, STANLEY'S CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE, STANLEY IN SPACE
, and
STANLEY, FLAT AGAIN
! You can learn more about Jeff Brown and Flat Stanley at www.flatstanleybooks.com.

JOSH GREENHUT
once mailed Flat Stanley, in costume, to a Halloween party 300 miles away. He is now married to the woman who was host of the party, and they live in Toronto with their two children.

MACKY PAMINTUAN
is an accomplished illustrator. He lives in the Philippines with his wife, Aymone, their baby girl, Alison, and their pet Westie, Winter.

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CATCH FLAT STANLEY'S WORLDWIDE ADVENTURES:

The Mount Rushmore Calamity

The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery

The Japanese Ninja Surprise

The Intrepid Canadian Expedition

The Amazing Mexican Secret

AND DON'T MISS ANY OF THESE OUTRAGEOUS STORIES:

Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure!

Stanley and the Magic Lamp

Invisible Stanley

Stanley's Christmas Adventure

Stanley in Space

Stanley, Flat Again!

Credits

Cover art by Macky Pamintuan

Cover design by Alison Klapthor

Copyright

FLAT STANLEY'S WORLDWIDE ADVENTURES BOOK NO. 5: THE AMAZING MEXICAN SECRET
. Text copyright Â© 2010 by the Trust u/w/o Richard C. Brown a/k/a Jeff Brown f/b/o Duncan Brown. Illustrations by Macky Pamintuan, copyright Â© 2010 by HarperCollins Publishers. 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 HarperCollins e-books.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.
Greenhut, Josh.
The amazing Mexican secret / created by Jeff Brown; written by Josh Greenhut; pictures by Macky Pamintuan.â1st ed.
Â Â Â p. cm.â(Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures; 5)
Summary: Confident that Stanley can succeed where international spies and thieves have failed, Stanley's mom who loves to cook mails him to Mexico to get a secret herbal ingredient that she must have.
ISBN 978-0-06-142999-6 (trade bdg.)âISBN 978-0-06-142998-9 (pbk.)
[1. Adventure and adventurersâFiction. 2. MexicoâFiction. 3. SecretsâFiction.] I. Brown, Jeff, 1926â2003. II. Pamintuan, Macky, ill. III. Title.
PZ7.G84568Am Â 2010 Â Â Â Â 2010007035
[Fic]âdc22 Â Â Â Â CIP
AC

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EPub Edition Â© July 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-200800-8

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